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rozoneill: Still plenty of snowdrifts left over from winter
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rozoneill: Not quite enough to require snowshoes
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rozoneill: Melting snow created several seasonal creeks
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rozoneill: Clear water, fresh off the melting snow
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rozoneill: This little creek begins at the Windigo Lakes
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rozoneill: The Metolius Windigo Trail also was signed as the Oldenberg Lake Trail
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rozoneill: The hike was on the dry and dusty side
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rozoneill: Dancing duo
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rozoneill: The trail went through all the lodgepole you could ever want to look at
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rozoneill: My view basically, until I reached the lakes
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rozoneill: Not too much elevation change on this hike
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rozoneill: A fallen tree, bleached white by the sun
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rozoneill: The trail cuts through a patch of kinnickinnick
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rozoneill: Kinnickinnick was in bloom
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rozoneill: A lone snow patch sprawls on the trail
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rozoneill: Beetle carvings decorated a dead tree
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rozoneill: Beetle hieroglyphics
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rozoneill: A natural totem pole
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rozoneill: Skeleton of a once and former tall tree
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rozoneill: The trail crosses a nearly dry creek
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rozoneill: The path weaves through the trees
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rozoneill: A few interesting choices if I were backpacking
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rozoneill: Looks like the sign was nipped and tucked
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rozoneill: First look at Nip Lake
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rozoneill: Nip Lake, panorama thereof
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rozoneill: The water was absolutely clear
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rozoneill: Trees go to die in Nip Lake
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rozoneill: Nip Lake shoreline
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rozoneill: Shooting stars bloomed in the boggy meadows ringing the lake
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rozoneill: What's up, buttercup?