Good morning, eclipse day! We took the trekking poles off the tent and weighted it down with rocks so both…
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I’ve never seen the trail head this crowded – and I’m not even getting all the cars in this shot…
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Quite a fungus! Time to walk on the rocky jeep road . I combined a picture focused on the distant…
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Getting up before the sun while the moon still shines. But it got bright quickly. Still lots of snow patches…
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Heading out from Sheepeater Lake. Much easier to get back to the trail this year compared to last year’s safari.…
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Campsite all cleaned up at Chamberlain Airstrip. We’re ready to go. No wrong direction this time; we’re headed straight to…
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The bog in the morning. A little water across the trail. The junction! Not far to Lodgepole Creek from here. …
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For this trip, we got up at 5:15 in the morning and got ready to go, often leaving our campsite…
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Made it to the Big Creek trailhead parking lot. Time to head out. Crossing Smith Creek on the road. The…
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I got the side of the tent next to some young trees. Without the mesh keeping them out, the branches…
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