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_JFR_: 002 Pre-dawn crescent moon as we drive on Highway 18 toward Big Bear Lake
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_JFR_: 011 Big Bear Lake at dawn from Highway 38
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_JFR_: 021 We leave our car at the hike's terminus on Poligue Canyon Road, on PCT Mile 279
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_JFR_: 025 We stash two bottles of water for our 2nd night's camp at Holcomb Valley Road
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_JFR_: 026 Our shuttle car where the PCT intersects Holcomb Valley Road
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_JFR_: 032 We drive down Burns Canyon Road, 2N02, to drop off more water
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_JFR_: 041 View south toward Onyx Summit (distant notch, center) from Burns Canyon Road, 2N02
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_JFR_: 046 We stash three gallons of water near Burns Canyon Road, 2N02, for our 1st night's camp
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_JFR_: 057 GoPro Video of driving through a puddle on Burns Canyon Road, 2N02
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_JFR_: 058 Onyx Summit on Highway 38, elevation 8443 feet, and the start of our hike
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_JFR_: 062 We say goodbye to our son who dropped us off at Onxy Summit, PCT mile 252
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_JFR_: 074 Zoomed-in view of San Gorgonio Mountain from the PCT at Onyx Summit - no snow in July 2016
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_JFR_: 082 Papa Smurf and Mountain Mama welcome hikers to Big Bear Lake at PCT mile 252, Onyx Summit
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_JFR_: 106 View of the San Gorgonio Mountain Range from the PCT at Onyx Summit
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_JFR_: 116 Vicki models a Cedar-Bark Skirt, or maybe it's Juniper-Bark
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_JFR_: 132 Looking Northwest toward Big Bear City from the PCT near Onyx Summit
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_JFR_: 141 MAGIC PCT Trail Angel Supply Container near Onyx Summit
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_JFR_: 142 Inside the MAGIC PCT Trail Angel Supply Container near Onyx Summit - Good stuff for hikers
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_JFR_: 149 Puddle from yesterday's thunderstorm on Pipe's Road, 1N01, on the PCT near Onyx Summit
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_JFR_: 157 Big Cedars along the trail as we descend from Onyx Summit on the PCT
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_JFR_: 166 Optical Illusion - it looks like a doorway into another universe, or another PCT
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_JFR_: 168 Panorama view northwest toward Big Bear City and Baldwin Lake from the PCT below Onyx Summit
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_JFR_: 174 Huge Sierra Juniper along the PCT
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_JFR_: 183 We descend into Arrastre Creek with plenty of big pines near PCT mile 255
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_JFR_: 187 Taking our first big break of the morning in the shade next to Arrastre Creek on the PCT
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_JFR_: 191 Wild Rose Flower along Arrastre Creek beside the PCT
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_JFR_: 193 Me alongside Arrastre Creek looking at a recent mudflow from yesterday's thunderstorm
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_JFR_: 196 Hailstones and pinecones along Arrastre Creek on the PCT, from a big thunderstorm the day before
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_JFR_: 197 Handful of Hailstones on the PCT near Arrastre Creek - those are some BIG hailstones
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_JFR_: 200 Vicki cools her head with hailstones in a bandanna under her hat - it feels good on a hot day