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rozoneill: Let's go hiking already!
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rozoneill: The trail didn't look very tough at the start
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rozoneill: Some of that morning rain was still hanging around
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rozoneill: Rain drops on a hairy leaf
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rozoneill: The trail angled up a rocky slope on its way to Tututni Pass
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rozoneill: View to Grayback Ridge from Vidae Ridge
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rozoneill: Indian paintbrush all aglow in the late summer sunlight
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rozoneill: The trail contoured atop Vidae Ridge
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rozoneill: Glad that rock stopped right there
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rozoneill: Lichen, encrusting a nearby rock
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rozoneill: Steep stairway to Tututni Pass
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rozoneill: Just about at the high point at the pass
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rozoneill: Yay, I get to enjoy some level trail for a bit
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rozoneill: Impressive view down Sun Creek's canyon
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rozoneill: Typical scenery atop Vidae Ridge
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rozoneill: Skyrocket brightened up the trail
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rozoneill: Skyrocket, bursting brightly along the trail
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rozoneill: A puffball, cracked in two
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rozoneill: Puffball, one of many congregating at the foot of a dead tree
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rozoneill: Trail, winding its way through the forest
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rozoneill: Fireweed was also in blooming season
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rozoneill: The shade was nice and appreciated
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rozoneill: Yellow coralroot
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rozoneill: Merten's coralroot, a little on the tired side
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rozoneill: Trail through a damp and grassy spot
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rozoneill: A conk bubbles out of a decaying log
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rozoneill: Witches' butter sprouts on a log cut
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rozoneill: Witches' butter
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rozoneill: The trail went through several low-growing meadows
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rozoneill: One of a series of small ankle-high meadows