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| Blueberries dressed in red |
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| On the way to the top it was tough to concentrate on hiking with the abundance of berries awaiting to be picked |
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| The Blue Lagoon |
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| Granite Peak with its fire lookout |
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| Amazing alpine landscape |
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| Beloved Mt Rainier |
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| Nature's patchwork |
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| Fall is setting in |
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| Blueberries, Huckleberries, Mountain Raspberries ... |
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| ...tons of them! |
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| The Mount Dickerman cliff |
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| Mount Fujiyama or Baker ??? |
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| Glacier Peak |
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| It's that time of the year when nature hits you with its multitude of colors right in your face |
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| Palm Springs |
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| The maze |
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| Crunchy little peanut |
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| Don't touch this |
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| It's hot out here |
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| bush land |
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| Road trips are my favorite |
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| Termites petrifying a plant |
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| Sunset wunderbar |
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| Hallucinations: Ayers Rock in Nevada? |
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| There is something about the desert that is magical |
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| I love this mountain |
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| Fall in the mountains is just around the corner |
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| Views of upper Chrystal Lake |
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| Finally got to see them, those massive mountain goats |
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| My limited photography skills wouldn't let me capture all four of the volcanoes you should see from this perspective... sorry you have to come and see for yourself. |
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| Massive |
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| Mt. Adams, definitely looks like a relative of Mr. Rainier |
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| Descent from Chrystal Peak |
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| A third lake which caused a bit of confusion while I was looking for the official trail back down since the trail description only talks about two lakes. Beautiful nonetheless |
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| Sunset seen from Mercer Island |
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| Seattle nightlife |
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| Dripping fungus |
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| Snake alarm |
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| I love hiking in Spring, it's all so shiny and new |
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| Traversing rapid rivers |
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| Haribo growing on trees |
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| The crew |
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| The Vegas Strip... |
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| ...the Zion Strip |
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| Solitude |
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| Caveman's cave |
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| Unknown canyon |
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| Hot hot hot |
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| Prepping for Christmas |
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| Angels Landing from below |
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| Guardians of the Angels Landing |
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| On my way to Angels Landing. Yep it's straight up there |
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| Angels Landing views |
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| Canyoning |
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| Gorgeous gorge |
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| In Germany we call this Almabtrieb |
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| Thanksgiving may come |
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| Narrower than the Narrows |
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| Looking down into Virgin river canyon |
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| Desert flowers |
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| Made it! |
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| Rocky roots |
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| Hang in there little chipmunk |
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| ...the iguana will come on get ya |
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| Waterfalls in the desert |
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| Quiet evening hike |
