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rozoneill: The Sweet Creek area is a sweet place to hike
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rozoneill: Bridge crossing at the Homestead Trailhead
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rozoneill: The well-used path takes hikers through an eminently green forest
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rozoneill: A leaning maple sports a "fur coat" of moss
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rozoneill: Moss on every tree down in the bottom of Sweet Creek's gorge
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rozoneill: The creek tumbles from pool to pool
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rozoneill: A water slide on Sweet Creek
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rozoneill: The path curves into the forest and undergrowth
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rozoneill: A green canopy of alder leaves, soon to turn yellow
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rozoneill: Catwalks take hikers through the narrow part of the gorge
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rozoneill: Sweet Creek flows through a small pool
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rozoneill: Sweet Creek, long exposure
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rozoneill: Reflections on a gray day
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rozoneill: So much of this hike was Sweet Creek trickling through a series of pools
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rozoneill: Signs of autumn, in the form of fallen leaves
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rozoneill: A catwalk hugs a cliff at the bottom of the creek's gorge
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rozoneill: A leaning maple tree threatens the catwalk
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rozoneill: The creek was much more turbulent the times I've hiked here in spring
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rozoneill: Poetically beautiful Sweet Creek
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rozoneill: I didn't get very far on this trail
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rozoneill: These would be awesome swimming holes on a warm day
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rozoneill: The creek slides into the next pool
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rozoneill: The slow rhythm of Sweet Creek as it gently flows in its rocky creek bed
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rozoneill: The catwalks at the bottom of the gorge were an interesting visual attraction
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rozoneill: Maidenhair ferns were plentiful along the creek
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rozoneill: Mine tailings, as it were, left behind by leaf miners
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rozoneill: Ferns of various ilk huddle below a decomposing log
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rozoneill: A moment of Zen created by a bridge railing and alder leaf
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rozoneill: A pool in solid rock collects fallen leaves
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rozoneill: Signs of the coming autumn were everywhere