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Up in the high country
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Up through the sage and into the trees
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The elk run about as we walk farther into the clearing
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A female elk herd / group with calves - 80-90 head.
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The elk pause to look as the head over the ridge
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Looking West - more high country clearings and areas of thick trees
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Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
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least chipmunk (Tamias minimus)
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View to the East from the ridge.
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Purple-Spored Puffball (Calvatia cyathiformis)
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Purple-Spored Puffball (Calvatia cyathiformis)
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Purple-Spored Puffball (Calvatia cyathiformis) cross section
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Inside Purple-Spored Puffball (Calvatia cyathiformis)
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cutaway Purple-Spored Puffball (Calvatia cyathiformis) cross section 2
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Something like "paltry puffball" - Bovista cf plumbea
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Something like "paltry puffball" - Bovista cf plumbea
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Something like "paltry puffball" - Bovista cf plumbea
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Something like "paltry puffball" - Bovista cf plumbea
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Something like "paltry puffball" - Bovista cf plumbea
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Clouds are moving in
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Crumbly Limestone Cliffs
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Looking back to where we'd come from
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Not so wildernessy - "44 camp" neighbors
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Some Spruce
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Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis)?
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Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis)?
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Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis)?
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Wow, seven needles per fascicle !
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Karst solutioning along a linear feature
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A wide solution crack
