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rozoneill: The hike started by tunneling into the wilderness
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rozoneill: The trail headed uphill through the dry pumice and lodgepole trees
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rozoneill: It was basically uphill for the first three miles or so
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rozoneill: It was like a Stairmaster, but on a trail
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rozoneill: Rain was definitely in the offing
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rozoneill: Trail through a sparse meadow
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rozoneill: Clouds sped across the sky
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rozoneill: Sign marking at an intersection
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rozoneill: Kaleetah Butte looms over the forested trail
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rozoneill: Trail 12.1 it is!
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rozoneill: Typical trail scenery on this hike
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rozoneill: Still the rain held in abeyance
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rozoneill: The path wandered through a large patch of volcanic debris
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rozoneill: A wall of rock shepherded the trail I was on
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rozoneill: First look at House Rock on a gray day
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rozoneill: Trail, passing through a sparse forest
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rozoneill: The Pacific Crest Trail greened up near the lakes
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rozoneill: Hello Sisters Mirror Lake!
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rozoneill: One small bay on Sisters Mirror Lake
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rozoneill: Panorama of Mirror Sisters Lake
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rozoneill: It was a moody afternoon at the lake
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rozoneill: Periodically, sunlight would break through the clouds
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rozoneill: View from my campsite
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rozoneill: Another view from my campsite
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rozoneill: The world inside
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rozoneill: My view while dinner cooked
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rozoneill: Periodically, patches of blue sky floated overhead
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rozoneill: The blue sky was too good to last, though
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rozoneill: Every color of the cloud spectrum, apparently
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rozoneill: Sisters Mirror Lake