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rozoneill: Morning sun and forest as we started walking
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rozoneill: The morning was cool and fresh
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rozoneill: Follow the bright red cap
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rozoneill: The trail climbed steadily for the first several miles
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rozoneill: Shade and shadows
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rozoneill: Trail through the burgeoning vegetation
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rozoneill: Approaching the bridge at Nancy Creekncy
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rozoneill: Dried moss on a bridge railing
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rozoneill: Just a beautiful day in the Siskiyous
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rozoneill: Columbine nodded as we hiked by
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rozoneill: Trail shot
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rozoneill: Spotted a couple of ground cones
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rozoneill: The trail ran through 2002's Biscuit Fire zone
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rozoneill: Triteleia bridgesii (Bridges' Triteleia) just about to fully bloom
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rozoneill: Looks like the bridge at Ethel's Creek took a hit
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rozoneill: Skeletons from the Biscuit Fire
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rozoneill: Illinois River Trail shot
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rozoneill: A forest is sprouting under the dead snags
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rozoneill: Yerba santa
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rozoneill: Luina
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rozoneill: A knobcone tree, a common Siskiyou Mountains sight
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rozoneill: View across the river to Horse Sign Butte
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rozoneill: The Illinois River, well below its namesake trail
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rozoneill: View from Buzzard's Roost
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rozoneill: View above the trail
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rozoneill: The rugged terrain surrounding the Illinois River
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rozoneill: The Illinois runs straight through this section
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rozoneill: Elegant brodiaea looking elegant, as always
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rozoneill: A tiger beetle enjoys a common yarrow
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rozoneill: Golden yarrow is not a true yarrow