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322 photos
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Catherine and Dad at Duke's in Malibu
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Looking out the window at Duke's onto the Pacific Ocean.
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Happy seagull overlooking the ocean.
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Catherine borrowing Dad's UT hat to protect against the sun.
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Sad flat tire south of Oxnard, California, on the...
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Damage to the tire.
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Dad and Catherine before dinner in San Luis Obispo (SLO).
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Mom and Catherine at dinner.
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Splash Cafe in SLO, site of a delicious breakfast Monday morning.
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The Mission in SLO
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Looking down a colonnade at the Mission.
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Painted "tiles" within the Mission.
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Dad wandering in the garden outside the Mission.
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Mom and Dad by a well outside the Mission.
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Mmmm, fruit tree. I wish we had a citrus tree here in Austin.
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The three Mission Bells.
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"The Mission Bells". Description in next photo.
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"The Mission's first two bronze bells were transferred...
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Pathway to a side door into a church building.
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Catherine and Dad outside the Mission.
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Statue of some bears outside the Mission in SLO.
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Mama bear going after a salmon.
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One of the gigantic beautiful trees that lined the...
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Several great trees.
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Awesome warning sign near the door to a fancy home...
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Final view of the Mission before we headed out of town.
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Bridge over the creek in SLO, with buildings on the side...
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As Mom put it, it's no Riverwalk in San Antonio...
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Wait, no, this is the final view of the Mission.
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Looking out on the Pacific Ocean. Man, I miss the ocean.
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Catherine and Dad taking a break from driving to watch...
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Catherine and Mom in the same place.
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Looking out on the beach.
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A surfer finishes a ride in.
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We're pretty sure those little black bobs in the water...
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Love love love and miss the ocean.
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Sardines at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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The photos of the penguins now just make me think of the...
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Terrible photo of a blacktip reef shark. Included just...
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In front of the rose garden at the RM Nixon Presidential...
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This Presidential library was started with private funds...
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Pretty fountain in front of library
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Peter looking like a school boy on a field trip.
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The small house at the far end of the reflecting pond is...
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A picture of a picture. Nixon addressing a group of...
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An interesting collection of world leaders. L to R:...
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The 1967 Lincoln Continental limousine used by...
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Paul Messer's new living arrangements in Irvine.
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Fountain made from farm implements (mainly shovels) in...
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Paul with his fountain
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Giving the top bird a smooch.
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Peter and the fountain
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Paul and the garden he planted in the area between...
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Pool and common area at Paul's place.
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Peter and Paul after lunch.
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Just had to include this. Please note her purse, his...
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Back to Yorba Linda for dinner at the Kearns'. Jim...
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Caught by the photographer
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And being put to work turning the corn which is roasting...
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Dad is also looking hungry.
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Some fresh fruit over acai. Note the flag.
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Fortified from breakfast we head for Natural Bridges,...
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Still at Natural Bridges with the Pacific in the background
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Driving towards Pt Lobos we come across a gigantic fruit...
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Wish I had a begonia store like this near me.
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I believe that is the name of the whole place.
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These were not the 10 for $1 bunch. But we did buy some...
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Posing in front of those great begonias.
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We arrive a Pt Lobos where the sea lions are enjoying...
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Fascinated by this rock formation.An
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And a creature peering out from behind the rocks.
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This sea lion has a Room of His Own.
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Looks bigger as you get closer.
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This is not a prop. Strange little ground squirrel...
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Strange look in his eye.
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Couple cormorants ... wish those were sea otters in the...
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The AZ tourists enjoying the fog and the ocean air.
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The CA natives doing the same.
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Love the new lens. This squirrel is not four feet tall.
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But definitely cute.A
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A different fellow. I think they all work for potato chips.
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Walking along the South Trail in Pt Lobos State Park.
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Put this in here to identify it. Anyone know?
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Some serious wave action over the years.
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According to John, these circles are made by stones...
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Close up of a cormorant. That is the Pacific behind...
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Peter looking off to sea. Seems we've seen this before.
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And what are they looking at?
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Have pulled in another observer.
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It's wierd water action. The wave crests over the rock...
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Bubble bubble, toil and trouble. We watched for about...
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Dad and Monica use the railroad tracks as a convenient...
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Cutting under the log flume ride. We actually got soaked...
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Dad, wearing a backpack that made him very easy not to...
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Deep fried Twinkies!
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Maybe that was the sky tram thing?
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Monica at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk with her...
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Deep fried cheesecake!
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One of these desserts is called "The Experience". Is...
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Deep fried doughnuts the size of Monica's head! Look!...
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We took dad to a sunglass merchant and got him some new...
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I can't believe so many people are at the beach,...
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Walking out on the wharf.
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Ambling along.
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California Sea Lions.
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This was so awesomely gross I just had to photograph it....
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Free food!
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Yummy!
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Delicious!
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Apparently Santa Cruz used to have enormous indoor...
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I really wish swimsuits like this were still in vogue....
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Walking back across the bridge to get lunch with Mom.
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It's like a real-life version of don't step on (in?) the cracks!
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Walking across the bridge.
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Monica hanging out in the BMW during Mom's tour of UC...
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Santa Cruz had a surprising number of beautifully...
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The windy back seat.
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John riding in the convertible.
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U.C. Santa Cruz. Like a university for Ewoks!
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With a decent view of the ocean, but in the middle of nowhere.
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Unusual rock sculpture on one of the side streets in Santa Cruz.
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.. and another forming the end of a stone fence. Assume...
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Driving the 10 mile dirt road to Bodie: a former mining...
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Kind of a surreal cityscape and weather.
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Mining equipment in the middle of nowhere. There are no...
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Protestant church.
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Part of an old GMC car or truck.
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In its heyday, Bodie had 10,000 residents, a gridded...
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Bodie is now a California State Park and is kept in a...
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They don't build them like they used to. Now it would...
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Mom, a chaise for your living room!
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Kitchen in need of spring cleaning.
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An old saw mill in Bodie. Keeping enough wood cut to...
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Very surreal. These buildings represent about 5% of the...
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Monica checking out an "arrested decay" house. Guess it...
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Piles of junk in the mechanic's shop.
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Apparently the sight of Bodie's once-thriving red light district.
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The old distillery cellar.
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Stable where the horses were kept.
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Monica wandering around Chinatown.
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The Standard Mine and Mill.
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Apparently you can drive this road another 20 miles to...
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The jail and horse stable.
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Blacksmithing shop.
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Something fell apart.
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The bank vault.
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Monica photographing the ruins of the bank.
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Old saloon. Hard to imagine some of this wasn't staged,...
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Barber shop!
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Some neat shingling over the saloon.
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Gas station.
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Calendars from 1934 and 1937 in the office of the general store.
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Cool sign. Without the bullet holes this would probably...
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General store, remarkably well preserved.
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Old cans for sale at the general store.
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Monica trying to figure out which outhouse was actually...
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Not this one.
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I think Monica's looking in the window of the house...
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Cool looking truck, with the International Order of Odd...
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The flattest house I saw.
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Monica in Bodie.
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Cool looking truck.
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Hotel and IOOF, which was later used as an athletic center.
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They had their own newspaper and everything!
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Is this the way things used to be done?
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One of the hotels was eventually repurposed as a morgue.
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A cistern I guess.
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Cool old car.
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What a sweet ride. They don't make cars this neat...
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The cemetary was the last stop on our tour. I found it...
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We got back to the car and it started raining again....
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On the way back to Mono Lake.
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The desert makes dramatic colors when it is wet.
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And Monica's very dirty car got a free car wash. It...
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On Saturday July 21, Jasper, Elaine, Monica and I...
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Home of the rugged Sawtooth Range, and premier Sierra...
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The approach from the fishing and RV hamlet of Twin...
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Crossing hot meadows and scrub-brush choked valleys on...
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Jasper, taking the lead.
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Views of the Incredible Hulk and Little Slide Canyon...
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Passing by Barney Lake on our passage to the High Sierra.
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Crown Point towering above Barney Lake
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Monica, next to Barney Lake.
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Cliffs falling straight into the lake.
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Monica and meadows above Barney Lake.
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Crew hiking toward Crown Point.
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Crown Point was the dominating figure on the landscape...
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The Hoover Wilderness is known for treacherous stream...
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Garter snake on the trail, slithering away as soon as he saw me.
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The Hoover Wilderness rock formations looked solid,...
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100+ feet of vertical, diamond hard granite.
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Other interesting formations along the way.
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Jasper and Elaine, goofing around on the trail.
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As well as craggy alpine peaks there were also familiar...
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Monica, rounding a set of switchbacks.
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Getting closer to level ground.
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Hiking between cliffs.
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Taking a breather.
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Looks like fun climbing.
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The group hiking along.
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Jasper manages to salt-stain his shirt on every hike we...
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Group photo next to a small pond.
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Green lakes that Hoover Wilderness (and specifically...
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Green alpine lakes. It looked so inviting for swimming....
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Crown Point lakes.
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Monica and John.
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Jasper.
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Crown Lakes, larger but not as inviting for swimming.
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Starting to think about finding a place to camp.
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Monica crossing the small inlet to Crown Lakes.
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View to the northeast, after passing Crown Lakes.
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Trail leading to the next set of lakes.
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Almost at Crown Lake.
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Hikers starting to get a bit weary, with Slide Mountain...
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Monica on the shore of the lake we decided to camp near.
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Jasper's found the best camping spot: some flat ledges...
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Jasper goes swimming at 9,500 ft.
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Looks like fun?
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Watching from the opposite shore. I had gone around to...
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Monica washing her swollen feet by the lake.
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Clean toes.
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Steep, cracked cliffs looming above the lake.
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Deploying the counter-measures.
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Elaine, Jasper, and the campsite they found.
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Looks of celebration.
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Time to cook dinner. Styrofoam box contains at least 4...
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Post hike yoga-stretches.
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Slide Mountain. Looks like quite a climb.
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And Slide stays in the sun right up until sunset.
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Monica is always attracting strange alien-looking insects.
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Getting ready for an early bedtime.
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Not a bad place to spend a night.
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Getting ready for bed.
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We slept like rocks. Gentle winds and a temperature that...
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Packed up after breakfast and ready to hit the trail,...
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Mandatory stream-jumping to get from our semi-island...
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Elaine jumping the stream.
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Jasper and Elaine and Monica headed up the next set of...
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Hiking toward Snow Lake with the new dominating feature...
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Slide Mountain.
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Hiking toward Rock Island Pass.
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Admiring the view.
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Finally getting another view of the Sawtooths (from the...
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Very rugged ridge, not hard to guess how it got its...
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Slide Mountain.
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Headed toward Snow Lake and the pass.
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Strange berries or parasites that seemed to grow inside...
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Tower on the side of Slide Mountain.
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Monica nearing Snow Lake and the Sawtooths in the background.
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Into alpine meadow territory. My favorite.
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Not a bad place to spent a morning outdoors.
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Leaving Slide behind us.
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Matterhorn Peak somewhere in there. Maybe on the right.
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Heading down to Snow Lake.
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Sure enough, still a little bit of snow up here, even in...
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Monica and John at Snow Lake, Hoover Wilderness.
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Snow Lake. Slide Mountain at right.
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Looking back to the east. Lots of cloud activity today.
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Following the gentle grade up to Rock Island Pass.
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At the pass, and entrance into Yosemite National Park.
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Monica demonstrates the inefficacy of her altimeter....
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Leaving the Hoover Wilderness behind.
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Jasper tries to be the one who got to the highest point...
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Try one.
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And lift-off. Apparently there was some jumping theme on...
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Headed into a wildflower-filled canyon in a remote...
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Wildflowers were everywhere and smelled incredibly...
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Monica strikes a pose.
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Purple flowers.
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Rows of reddish purple grass-like flowers with an...
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Stopping to smell the flowers.
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Easy hiking through Yosemite high country. The mountain...
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Stopping to tie a shoe.
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Yawning vertical cracks on Lego Mountain.
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Boulder hopping in Kerrick Meadows in Yosemite.
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This area on my map was marked as a swamp, so I was...
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Peaceful Kerrick Meadows.
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Look! Only 35 miles to Tuolumne Meadows.
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Hiking northeast out of Kerrick Meadow towards Peeler Lake.
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Walking through the tail end of Kerrick Meadows. Group...
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Fat marmot frolicking in Kerrick Meadow.
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Looking well-fed.
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Jasper photographing the milepost.
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Monica and John at the junction between the trails to...
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Clouds starting to look like they might be serious.
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Approaching Peeler Lake around lunchtime.
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Underwater photo of the blue waters of Peeler Lake.
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Jasper getting ready to swim in cobalt Peeler Lake. The...
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Getting ready.
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Pretty much committed at this point.
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Jasper and Elaine at Peeler Lake.
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Jasper going back for more. Elaine braces herself.
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Peeler Lake with the Sawtooths in the distance.
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Climbing back ashore.
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Jasper and Elaine.
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John, jumping into Peeler Lake while Elaine watches,...
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Jasper, jump number 3.
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Monica, trying the hard way to get into cold water.
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Brrr....
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Peeler Lake from the trail after lunch.
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John, Monica, Jasper and Elaine with Peeler Lake / Crown...
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Hiking along the shore.
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Path blasted into the steep rocky shoreline of Peeler Lake.
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Sandy cove along the lake.
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Crown Point, above Peeler Lake.
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An unusual passage through a cliff band.
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At this point we had completed the sucker of our...
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And this is when the mercifully dry weather started to...
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Our view disappeared and granite quickly became...
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Big log across the trail.
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River crossing, with a tiny bit more flow than yesterday.
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Crown Point which had been vibrant against a blue sky...
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Monica passing the meadows above Barney Lake.
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Jasper, gallivanting down the trail.
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Weather starts to clear for a bit around Barney Lake.
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Barney Lake. Stopping for a snack break.
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Incredible Hulk on the walk out.
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Stopping at the junction with the trail to Little Slide Canyon.
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Hiking out through a forest of quaking aspen.
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Getting some Indian Food in Livermore on our way to...
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Later, we went to Santa Cruz and walked the boardwalk. ...
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And now, after.