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| Two new hikers in the group this week. And they're happy so far. |
There are no caves to climb into here, so Riffi climbs a rock instead. |
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| Molly pats the rock, to make friends with it. |
Mike helps fill in the rock formation to make a cave for Riffi. |
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| A break for equipment adjustment. |
Kathy makes up a story about the history of the area. They've never been here before - what do they know? |
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| One of those "gentle slopes" the guide book talks about. |
Judy, Kathy, Peggy and Molly descend from the local high spot. |
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| A turkey vulture watches us. Or maybe he smells us. |
Resting at Riffis "secret spot". |
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| It's all downhill from here to "Little Yosemite". |
Still, it's quite a descent yet to get down to "Little Yosemite". |
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| Drinking water, if you're thirsty enough. |
Little Yosemite area. |
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| Some of the many dog owners we passed today. |
Kathy's shadow puppet show of vultures swooping down on hikers. |
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| Climbing back up to the ridge line from Little Yosemite, we find the trail is now overrun with cows. |
Just to be safe, we give them a wide berth.
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| But if the cows are really hungry, we leave behind other hikers that they can eat. |
Kathy points out one of the larger meadow muffins while Judy turns around to hurl one last taunt at the cows. |
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| And one of the cows hurls a taunt back at Judy. |
Larry goes one-on-one with a cow. He says, "Are you mooing at me? I don't see anyone else, so you must be mooing at me." |
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| Riffi gives Robin a little pat on the behind to get her moving faster past the cows. |
There's always one in the group. Elsie needs to give one last toot of her horn before we leave their pasture area. |
