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After 3 days of hiking, my legs are trashed and I am happy. But it's time to begin the ride home..
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There is something special about being able to ride the first 60 miles of my tour on this rail trail
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I have a tremendous pulled pork sandwich for lunch trailside in Cle Elum before striking out on Hwy 97 for Bluett Pass
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After camping overnight on top of the Old Bluett Pass, I descend many swithbacks in complete solitude in the Morning
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Patty and Steve from North Bend
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Lady of the Lake II
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It's over 1500 feet deep here
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The waters at Holden Village look like something from the Bahamas
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Views of the North Cascades as we go up lake.
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The Boat is designed to be beached, passengers walk a gangplank to the shoreline at a remote trailhead
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On the ferry up to Stehekin
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Rainbow Falls
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My campsite at Purple Point
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The sun sets low over the the lake
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Purple Pass trail looking North
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Views from the Purple Pass Trail
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Artsy Filter on photo looking South
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Artsy filter on North from the Purple Pass trail
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The old schoolhouse
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High Bridge near the end of the road
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The sunset from my campsite
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Lakeside trail
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Holden Village in the distance
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Huckleberries are ripe for the pick'n on the lakeside trail
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Shuttle run up and down the 13 miles on the only road in the Stehekin dropping passengers off at trailheads
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My bike rests
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Close up of faded symbol
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My favorite home in Stehekin
