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The view from Rattlesnake Point, our starting point
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A small group: Jinx Lucas, Maureen Cooper, Leslie Calambro and Tiffany Milk
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It was late for flowers, but there were a few very nice ones along the way
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The Range View Cabin was locked . . .
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but locks don't do but so much good against small, fast-moving visitors
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Some more of those flowers
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It was too dry for mushrooms on the ground, but these hardy ones were on logs
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Much of the trail was this lush
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A few leaves thought it was October
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Making sure we're taking the correct turn
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Although at times it seemed like it, not all the spider webs were across the trail at face level
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As usual, asters were the most common flower, and this wsas the prettiest bunch we saw
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Checking distance and location as we headed out from the lunch stop
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Piney Branch was barely a trickle under this tree that fell across it long ago
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Logs created obstacles at several places on the trail
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We didn't have to worry about getting wet at this stream crossing
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The last stream crossing, although, again, there wasn't much of a stream to cross
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