Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Although I've been to Kings Canyon with David four times now, this last trip was the most complete to date. At night, I slept under a ceiling of stars and the grinning quarter moon, and during the day on Tuesday, David and I hiked about 14-16 miles out to where Charlotte Creek meets Bubbs Creek. Along the way, I saw rattlesnakes...

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...a black bear that was brown in color...

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...and this hairy, savage creature!

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It was a pleasure to see some of the trail crew that I have previously met: Adam, Jack, and Agnes, as well as some other folks I met for the first time. The people at hole-in-the wall are always generous, and friendly, although not always out-going at first. I got to have dinner and conversation with some interesting people from all over the country, who are proud and happy to be doing what they do in the back country trail crew.

The always refreshing canyon will loiter in my thoughts for quite some time~

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4 comments:

  1. I would not have been the one to pause to take a photo of a smiling rattler. Your other nature shots were stunning. I could not pick out the hairy beast you mentioned. Nice writing. You have a way with words.

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  2. yeah, for some reason this blog is chopping off the pictures in the right third of them. maybe an administrator (ehem. glen) could figure out the reason for this. the hairy beast is my brother.

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  3. I quessed that David was the hairy one. What a treat to have the time together. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. I'd say that the issue is the size of your pictures. When I post a picture from Flickr I have the option of choosing a smaller size. I don't have a photobucket account so I don't know if or how to do that there. My guess is that you can choose sizes.

    Nice reporting skills there nephew. Reminded me of my days of rattle snake wrangling.

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