The headache was mostly gone when I woke up, but I definitely woke up tired. I nobly resisted having any…
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There is a pair of small alpine lakes nestled up under the Needles Summit outside of Donnelly, ID. On any…
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I let myself sleep in until 6:30 this morning, since I’d been up a bit late last night getting that…
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I had a goal for today. My goal was to hike up Cuddy Mountain. I knew that it would be…
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We were expecting the weather to turn in the night, and it did as expected. But it never actually rained.…
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Another early morning wake up call, on our first day heading towards the car instead of away from it. Some…
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If any day was going to be called an easy day, this might be the one. We were only going…
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I slept in again. I remember when sleeping in meant at least 11 am, if not after noon. Now, sleeping…
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I didn’t have any alarms set for the morning to wake me up. Even though I did plan on hiking,…
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Saturday morning was relatively dry, at least when I woke up. There were clouds in the trees, and clouds obscuring…
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