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| More fall colors and granite before the final turn into the valley |
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| Brushing through the fern forest on the way to camp |
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| Dave setting up the Hercules AST |
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| My tent, watching over the proceedings |
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| Rebecca's Cloudburst and the meadow |
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| View through the Evolution 2P's "eye" |
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| The evening show begins, toward the west from our camp |
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| A bit of fall color by our tents |
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| Painterly mist and glow as evening falls |
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| Rebecca, lounging in her favorite camp shoes |
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| A typical pine cone specimen (don't let one fall on your head!) |
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| Pine cones fueling the fire |
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| Glowing embers and mysterious stick symbol |
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| Morning view of tents, after the night's sugar pine cone barrage |
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| Morning light on the fern forest |
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| Rebecca adjusts her boots as sunlight streams into the meadow |
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| TilTill Valley is surrounded by interesting rock formations |
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| Smiles from Dave as we stroll through the meadow |
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| Innumerable switchbacks lead down through the burned forest to the reservoir |
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| Kolana Rock comes into view again |
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| There was a lot less smoke in the air on Sunday |
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| View of one of the inlets and steep escarpments on the northern shore of Hetch Hetchy |
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| The dam finally appears again |
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| Rocks and colors in the reservoir |
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| Winding around the last stretch of trail on the way back to the dam |
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