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| 2742.jpg Fields of flowers, dramatic live oak trees filled with mistletoe. |
2743.jpg George and Debbie (front), Julia, Robin, Kathy, Nancy (behind Kathy) and Ken begin the Hotel trail. |
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| 2744.jpg Just your everyday, typical ranch house. |
2745.jpg Looking across the massive damage done by wild pigs rooting in the field, Nancy and Kathy are on the trail. |
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| 2746.jpg (front) Julia, Ken, Robin, (back) Nancy and Kathy begin the first climb, which, as far as we know, is the only hill. |
2747.jpg Earl Squirrel eating buttercups amidst the oaks. |
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| 2748.jpg George, Kathy, Debbie, Nancy, Ken, Julia and Robin take the safe stream crossing. Little did we know that this was the last we would see of Ken (a.k.a. the Mountain Goat) for quite a while. |
2749.jpg George and Debbie frolic in a field of flowers. We just couldn't stop them from frolicking everywhere. |
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| 2750.jpg Nancy and Kathy climb the second hill, which, as far as we know, is the last hill. |
2751.jpg Looking across the valley from what we think is the top of the last hill. |
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| 2752.jpg Nancy and Kathy climb up the third, and we think last, hill. |
2753.jpg Resting at the top of the fourth, and we're sure last, hill. |
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| 2754.jpg Except there is a fifth hill we still have to climb. Nobody's seen Ken for about an hour now. We're starting to look for buzzards in the sky. Debbie is demonstrating how a buzzard holds out its wings. |
2755.jpg Everyone gets a well deserved rest at Eagle Lake after climbing the last mountain (really). George, however, has gone on to Pig Lake to harass the wild pigs. |
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| 2756.jpg Almost back again, and you can't even see the mountain we climbed. |