Exploring again, off to the desert
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| Heading down to the first of several lakes |
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| Rugged trail, happy hiker |
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| Lakes... |
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| and waterfalls... |
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| and more lakes and |
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| waterfalls. |
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| Looking back as we hike out and head to a new trailhead in the lower NW section of the preserve. |
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| Another trail heading up to where we just were. Still complete solitude. |
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| The strata of basalt layers from the volcanic flows between 17 and 13 million years ago |
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| Smooth stem blazing star |
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| Another large lake. With our sons, we backpacked in and camped here 25 years ago. |
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| Lakeside |
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| lunch spot |
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| This is the falls we saw from the trail we hiked earlier today when we came down from the plateau. |
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| Hiking out we come upon wild buckwheat |
Overlooking the Columbia River on our way back
And just for fun, here we are twenty five years ago at Ancient Lakes
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| Back at the trailhead after our backpack |
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| Drinking warm beer and... |
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| making bitter beer faces. Eric 17, Byron 15 and Kris 13. |
3 comments:
Nice warm weather! Love the desert waterfalls. The camp spot looks gorgeous.
The old pics are fabulous! Kris is so blonde... Jen
Thanks, Jen. We had a great time, especially digging out the old photos.
Kris looks vaguely like Quinn in my eyes.
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