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rozoneill: Let's get started already!
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rozoneill: The trail climbed steadily through ponderosa pines and meadows
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rozoneill: Larkspur as seen here and there in the grasses
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rozoneill: A larkspur shows off its spur
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rozoneill: The trail entered a small patch of mountain mahogany trees
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rozoneill: Trail through a rocky meadow
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rozoneill: Balsamroot was abloom in the drier parts
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rozoneill: A crab spider stakes his claim on a balsamroot flower
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rozoneill: Ballhead waterleaf was blooming all over the place
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rozoneill: Path through an open grassy patch
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rozoneill: Typical scenery on the lower portion of the hike
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rozoneill: Top-down view of a hellebore
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rozoneill: Hellebores thrive in the meadows
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rozoneill: A ghostly Mt. Jefferson on the skyline
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rozoneill: View to North Point
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rozoneill: A lone juniper makes for a nice photo
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rozoneill: Baneberry in full flower
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rozoneill: A spray of sticky currant finds a ray of light
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rozoneill: Large meadows occupied open areas in the forest
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rozoneill: A fungus begins he work of recycling a dead tree
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rozoneill: The hike became way cool on Lookout Mountain's broad plateau
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rozoneill: It's mostly sagebrush on top of this plateau
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rozoneill: A clump of bright red paintbrushes
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rozoneill: Beautiful paintbrush flower
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rozoneill: Wild peony was spotted dangling next to the path
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rozoneill: Wild peony flower
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rozoneill: The trail goes up and over a smal rise
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rozoneill: Ochoco Mountains skyline
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rozoneill: Duncan Butte rises to the northwest
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rozoneill: The trail heads toward the Lookout Mountain summit