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rozoneill: Hail, hail, the gang's all here!
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rozoneill: It would be the Canyon Creek Trail for us
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rozoneill: Jack Lake appears at the start of the hike
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rozoneill: Jack Lake panorama
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rozoneill: Three-Fingered Jack calls to us
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rozoneill: Typical vegetation in the old burn zone
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rozoneill: Skyrocket provided a colorful counterpoint to all the green
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rozoneill: Three-Fingered Jack in all its rocky glory
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rozoneill: Manzanita "apples"
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rozoneill: Sun and manzanita combine for some natural art
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rozoneill: View to the distant summits of North and Middle Sister
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rozoneill: The last we would see of Jack Lake
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rozoneill: The trail angled uphill through the manzanita and young trees
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rozoneill: Manzanita fruits
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rozoneill: We entered the wilderness when we crossed over a ridge crest
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rozoneill: So many decisions but it was a left turn for us
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rozoneill: Black Butte in the smoky haze
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rozoneill: Forest, new and old
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rozoneill: The trail leveled out after it crested this ridge
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rozoneill: A skeletal tree reaches for my hat
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rozoneill: Silver snag against a blue sky
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rozoneill: Trail through the burgeoning new forest
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rozoneill: Bearing the scars of the fire
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rozoneill: The bony fingers of a dead tree
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rozoneill: Beauty in a dead tree on a beautiful summer day
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rozoneill: Fading Rydberg's penstemon was a common sight
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rozoneill: View to neighboring Mount Jefferson
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rozoneill: A dead tree etched against a deep blue sky
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rozoneill: And Penny was never heard from again...
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rozoneill: Small meadows began to appear next to the trail