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rozoneill: Clouds would be a theme of this hike
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rozoneill: A cloud bank hovers over the Cooper Creek drainage
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rozoneill: A public service announcement that fall is coming
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rozoneill: Queen Anne's lace dotted the hillsides along the trail
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rozoneill: First peek at Cooper Creek Reservoir
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rozoneill: Mottled sunlight on hiking trails was a thing, too
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rozoneill: The happiness of sunlight filtering through trees
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rozoneill: Just gotta love that sun-dappling effect
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rozoneill: Kind of surprising to see this guy out in broad and hot daylight
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rozoneill: Poison oak is all in for this autumn season
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rozoneill: Scarlet poison oak leave glisten in the sunlight
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rozoneill: Suddenly, all hiking came to a sudden and juicy stop
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rozoneill: Spotted knapweed in all its invasive weedy glory
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rozoneill: Russian knapweed graciously hosts a bee
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rozoneill: A knapweed flower gets investigated by a curious skipper
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rozoneill: This was turning out to be a berry nice hike
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rozoneill: A knapweed totally happy with the world today
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rozoneill: I took photos while taking care not to get too close to poison oak's colorful leaves
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rozoneill: Autumn is here, so says the poison oak
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rozoneill: Cooper Creek Reservoir reflects on a day that was at turns both sunny and cloudy
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rozoneill: The surrounding forest nicely reflects on the lake
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rozoneill: The path gracefully curves through the forest
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rozoneill: Lots of dead leaves on the forest floor and trail
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rozoneill: An alder leaf with that sunny glow about it
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rozoneill: Some of that forest I was hiking through
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rozoneill: Ever the trail
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rozoneill: Pathway into the greenery, where it disappears
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rozoneill: Breaks in the forest cover provided occasional look-sees of the lake
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rozoneill: Much like a snake, a madrone tree sheds its skin
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rozoneill: Awesome view of Cooper Creek Reservoir