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rozoneill: Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed!
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rozoneill: The trail was an easy walk at first
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rozoneill: Seed heads on a Queen Anne's lace
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rozoneill: A downed tree gets a thimbleberry embrace
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rozoneill: The path was overgrown in spots
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rozoneill: Burned forest next to Fish Lake Creek
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rozoneill: The trail begins to angle uphill
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rozoneill: Fish Lake Creek was generally close to the trail
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rozoneill: Ginormous tree, totally succumbed to the Tiller Complex Fire of 2002
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rozoneill: This burned forest is well on the way to recovery
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rozoneill: Live trees stand over their fallen brethren
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rozoneill: We had to clamber over a pile of fallen trees
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rozoneill: Penny gets up on top of the pile
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rozoneill: Penny walks the plank while Missy cheats
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rozoneill: Up and over the last of it
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rozoneill: A neighboring ridge, seen as we gained elevation
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rozoneill: It's the season for tent caterpillars
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rozoneill: Poison oak commences the autumnal festivities
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rozoneill: Poison oak in all its itchy autumn glory
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rozoneill: The bright colors made it easy to avoid the poison oak
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rozoneill: Rocky pinnacles overlooked the trail
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rozoneill: The trail ran under a massive and imposing cliff
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rozoneill: Mike takes a gander at the cliff
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rozoneill: Some of the surrounding scenery an rock formations
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rozoneill: Marker as we entered the wilderness
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rozoneill: First look at Beaver Swamp
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rozoneill: Our route looped around Beaver Swamp
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rozoneill: My faster friends taunt me from the other side
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rozoneill: Trail, slightly overgrown with vine maple
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rozoneill: View from Beaver Swamp's inlet