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Prepping the camera and gps for syncronization
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This bridge had a serious upgrade from our last time on it..
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The beginning of the vistas, however, we had been here before..
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One of the first vistas we saw (the only one before we had to turn back last time)
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Vista 2 - the first great view (and later we found, one of the only remaining great vistas of the 'Diez')
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In uncharted territory (for us) at Vista 3...hold your breath!
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Wha? It was a little overgrown...oh well, 7 more to see
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The Vista 4 sign has seen better days
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But the view was great...maybe better than 2 even
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But less places to sit and admire it, so we moved on.
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Pausing to examine a sappy tree
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Vista 5 mustnt have been too spectacular, because we walked right by it, and wound up pausing here for a snack
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At what we later saw was Vista 6
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Heading down some switchbacks
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Dammit, we walked right by another one I guess
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Vista 8 in all its overgrown glory.
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As great as 8 was, V9 surpassed it
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...Queue awesome music now.....
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Completing the Vista trail as best we could, we arrived at #10...which, like many others, probably might have been a nice view when the signs were put there 20 years ago
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Not that I would condone topping these giants for a view though.
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A nice WCT-inspired path
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A dried fern provided the photo ops that the Vistas could not
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You might forget that this is BC Hydro land until you near the end.
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They DO NOT want you to climb this tower.
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Not sure what this was, some old control station I guess
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Water flow being diverted for power supply
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What we learned from the beavers.
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Ohhh, almost a decent fall colors shot...nothing like I could be getting in Northern Ontario now, but Im not complaining
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Trying out the on-camera flash here.
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Enjoying the view across Buntzen Lake