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AllieMark: Cowboy with Mac at Starbucks
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AllieMark: Welcome to Idaho
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AllieMark: Florence, Idaho, a former gold-mining boom area
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AllieMark: Hydraulic mining sign in Idaho
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AllieMark: The river is overflowing its banks, making a muddy, fast-moving mess
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AllieMark: We arrive at Bob and Caroline's property
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AllieMark: A calf's brain and puffball mushroom
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AllieMark: Enjoying salmon dinner with Bob and Caroline
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AllieMark: The other guest room
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AllieMark: Viewing the menagerie - Bullwinkle is on the left
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AllieMark: Caroline made us a wonderful breakfast of eggs, bacon, and toast with homemade berry preserves
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AllieMark: Bird feeder right outside the kitchen window
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AllieMark: Local bird stops by for breakfast
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AllieMark: The meadow view from Bob and Caroline's deck
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AllieMark: Our room
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AllieMark: A bluebird (of happiness) - they have a nest in Bob and Caroline's front yard
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AllieMark: Bob and Caroline's house
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AllieMark: On the deck - we saw elk and deer in the meadow the night before
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AllieMark: Our very dirty car
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AllieMark: The beginnings of a puff ball mushroom
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AllieMark: A mushroom hunting we a go!
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AllieMark: An elk passed through the area
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AllieMark: Bones from one of Bob's hunts, picked clean by coyotes
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AllieMark: Allie finds a wildflower - a trilium
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AllieMark: Another Idaho wildflower
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AllieMark: We walked through trails on their property
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AllieMark: Eyes down, we hadn't found many mushrooms yet
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AllieMark: And then we find some - 3 calf brain mushrooms, good for eating
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AllieMark: An Elephant's Ear mushroom
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AllieMark: Once we see a mushroom, we start seeing them all over the place - Allie extracts with a knife