Dolly Sods May 2010

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Jimanda Sholoson

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Misc.

bedroom in trailer
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inside trailer
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inside trailer 2
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Inside trailer 3
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Outside trailer
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Outside trailer 2
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My car!
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2001 Toyota Corolla
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Back of my car
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Inside my car
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More inside my car
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Fall 2009

Beech in early November.
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Beech in early November.
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Beech in early November.
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Beech in early November.
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Beech in early November.
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Angel sniffing
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Angel sniffing
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What was that?
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Angel being cute
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Angel being cute
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Maine

Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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En route to Little Moose Island at low tide
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Cobble beach!
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Me and Dawn
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Dawn crossing the slippery rocks
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Little Moose Island
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Crab!
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Porcupine in a birch
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Porcupine in a birch
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Seagulls
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Gull sitting on the rock
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Coastline on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia NP
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Driving to Cutler to hike
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Driving to Cutler to hike
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Driving to Cutler to hike
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Coastline near Cutler
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Liz, Dawn, and Matt hiking out to the cliffs
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Coastline near Cutler
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Coastline near Cutler
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Coastline near Cutler
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Coastline near Cutler
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Dawn
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Coastline near Cutler
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Matt and Liz
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Matt, Liz, and Dawn
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Me, Liz, and Dawn
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Liz crawling around in the grass
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Diseased Balsam Fir
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Diseased Balsam Fir
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Coastline near Cutler
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Coastline near Cutler
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Coastline near Cutler
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Dawn on the cobble beach
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Dawn sitting on the rocks
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Liz laying on a rock
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Coastline near Cutler
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The sea retreats
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Water
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Coastline near Cutler
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Gollum
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Gollum
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Gollum
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Gollum
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Matt on the rocks
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Matt watching Gollum
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Dawn taking a picture of herself
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Am I a giant or has Liz been shrunk?
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Out there!
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Dawn and Liz on a rickety ladder
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Dawn and Liz on a rickety ladder
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Colorful plant/lichen community
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Colorful plant/lichen community
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Colorful plant/lichen community
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Red squirrel
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Larch in the evening
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Larch
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Balsam Fir
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NO! Japanese Knotweed! I wish I had herbicide...
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Boats
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Grr...Knotweed
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Festivities
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Me, Aaron in the background, Justin, Dawn, and the bunny
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Liz staring at Jameson?
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A sandy beach on Mt. Desert Island
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Liz, Matt, and Dawn on the beach
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Badlands

Bighorn Sheep
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Bighorn Sheep
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Early morning view of the Badlands
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Early morning view of the Badlands
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Early morning view of the Badlands
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Prairie in Badlands NP
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Prairie in Badlands NP
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Sediment-laden water
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Opuntia!
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Large, out of focus spider
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Sagebrush
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Large spider
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Large spider
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Feather of some kind of raptor
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Prairie in Badlands NP
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Prairie in Badlands NP
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Prairie in Badlands NP
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Prairie in Badlands NP
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Spider with captured grasshopper
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Spider with captured grasshopper
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Some kind of plant, not sure what
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Some kind of plant, not sure what
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Some kind of plant, not sure what
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Some kind of plant, not sure what
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Some kind of plant, not sure what
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Some kind of aster
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Herd of Bison
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Herd of Bison
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Herd of Bison
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Herd of Bison
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Sunrise in the Badlands
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Grand Tetons

Smoke from a controlled burn in Bridger-Teton National Forest
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Sunset over Lower Slide Lake
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View of the Tetons from Taggart Lake Trail
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Grant Tetons on the distance
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Day hike!
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Bradley Lake
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Bradley Lake
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Bradley Lake
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Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
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Cool patterns in the rock
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Cool patterns in the rock
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Bradley Lake
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Bradley Lake
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Cones from a fir (Subalpine Fir?)
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View from Garnet Canyon/Amphitheater Lakes Trail
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View from Garnet Canyon/Amphitheater Lakes Trail
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Amphitheater Lake
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Amphitheater Lake
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View from Garnet Canyon/Amphitheater Lakes Trail
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View from Garnet Canyon/Amphitheater Lakes Trail
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View from Garnet Canyon/Amphitheater Lakes Trail
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Log jam in a small creek
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Yellowstone

On the road in Eastern WA
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On the road in Eastern WA
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On the road in Eastern WA
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Bison in Yellowstone
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Bison in Yellowstone
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Bison in Yellowstone
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Warning sign for the thermal areas; hilarious!
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Thermal area at Artist's Paintpots
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Thermal area at Artist's Paintpots
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Hot spring at Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Trees near Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Artist's Paintpots
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Bison herd in the distance
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Bison herd in the distance
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Lamar River valley
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Pronghorn
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Pronghorn
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Cricket
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Cricket
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Hiking through the Lamar Valley
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Hiking through the Lamar Valley
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Hiking through the Lamar Valley
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Crossing Cache Creek
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Cache Creek
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Gravel bar on Cache Creek
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Hiking through the Lamar Valley
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Hiking through the Lamar Valley
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Hiking through the Lamar Valley
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Hiking through the Lamar Valley
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Hiking through the Lamar Valley
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Hiking through the Lamar Valley
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Hiking through the Lamar Valley
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Bones, likely an old wolf kill
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A spinal column and pelvic girdle
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A spinal column and pelvic girdle
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Hiking through the Lamar Valley
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Hiking through the Lamar Valley
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Hiking through the Lamar Valley
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Lamar River
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Oddly gouged rock on the Lamar River
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Oddly gouged rock on the Lamar River
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Walking up the Lamar River
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Petrified wood.
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Asters on a gravel bar
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Steep wall on the Lamar River
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Log jam on the Lamar River
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Log jam on the Lamar River
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Walking up the Lamar River
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Walking up the Lamar River
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Walking up the Lamar River
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Interesting little erosion formation, any thoughts?
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Walking up the Lamar River
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Sand/gravel bar on the Lamar River
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Sand/gravel bar on the Lamar River
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Plain along the Lamar River
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Walking up the Lamar River
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Interesting crystal; petrified wood?
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Walking up the Lamar River
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Walking up the Lamar River
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Shoulder blade along the Lamar River
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Ants carrying a bee!
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Ants carrying a bee!
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These ants were pretty aggressive
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They're everywhere!
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Petrified wood
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Petrified wood
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Petrified wood
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Petrified wood
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Dinner
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Julie almost ran into this guy
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Lone bison on the trail
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Bison
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Some kind of Hemiptera
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Some kind of Hemiptera
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Elk antlers along Cache Creek
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These things are so heavy, I don't know how elk do it.
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Campsite along Cache Creek
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Campsite along Cache Creek
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Lodgepole pine
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Cricket
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Cricket
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Cricket
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Cricket
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Cricket
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Wolf track!
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Wolf track!
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Wolf scat!
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Hiking out of the Lamar River valley
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Bison
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Bison
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Bison pooping.
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North Cascades, round 2

Hiking along the PCT on day 1
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Hiking along the PCT on day 1
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Some kind of fungus.
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Hiking along the PCT on day 1
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Hiking along the PCT on day 1
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Hiking along the PCT on day 1
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Hiking along the PCT on day 1
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Hiking along the PCT on day 1
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Hiking along the PCT on day 1
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Hiking along the PCT on day 1
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Julie on the bridge before Fireweed Camp
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Justin on the bridge before Fireweed Camp
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I started this fire with my flint fire starter :)
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I started this fire with my flint fire starter :)
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Sunrise above Fireweed Camp.
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Sunrise above Fireweed Camp.
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Hiking along the McAlester Creek Trail.
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Hiking along the McAlester Creek Trail.
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Fungus
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Hiking along the McAlester Creek Trail.
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Hiking along the McAlester Creek Trail.
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McAlester Lake
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McAlester Lake
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En route to Hidden Meadows
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En route to Hidden Meadows
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En route to Hidden Meadows
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En route to Hidden Meadows
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En route to Hidden Meadows
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Hidden Meadows camp.
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Hidden Meadows camp.
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Hidden Meadows camp.
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Hidden Meadows camp.
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Hidden Meadows camp.
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Hidden Meadows camp.
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Hidden Meadows camp.
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Climbing up through the meadow
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Climbing up through the meadow
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Climbing up through the meadow
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View from above Hidden Meadows camp
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View from above Hidden Meadows camp
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View from above Hidden Meadows camp
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View from above Hidden Meadows camp
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View from above Hidden Meadows camp
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View from above Hidden Meadows camp
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View from above Hidden Meadows camp
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View from above Hidden Meadows camp
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View from above Hidden Meadows camp
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View from above Hidden Meadows camp
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View beyond the saddle above Hidden Meadows
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View beyond the saddle above Hidden Meadows
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View from above Hidden Meadows Camp
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View beyond the saddle above Hidden Meadows
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Pika!
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Pika!
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View from the saddle above Hidden Meadows.
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At the saddle above Hidden Meadows.
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Larches above Hidden Meadows.
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View from above Hidden Meadows.
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Not sure what this plant is, but it looks cool!
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Ground squirrel burrows.
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View from above Hidden Meadows.
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I made a friend!
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Hidden Meadows camp.
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Hidden Meadows camp.
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Hidden Meadows camp.
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Eating spilled rice off of the rock
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Eating spilled rice off of the rock.
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Early morning at Hidden Meadows.
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Sunrise above Hidden Meadows.
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Drying the tent.
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Julie walking
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Hidden Meadows (getting sick of reading that name yet?)
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Sky above the conifers
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grasshopper
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grasshopper
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grasshopper
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Hiking out of camp
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Heather
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Hiking to Dee Dee Lakes
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Hiking to Dee Dee Lakes
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Hiking to Dee Dee Lakes
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Hiking to Dee Dee Lakes
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Hiking to Dee Dee Lakes
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Hiking to Dee Dee Lakes
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Hiking to Dee Dee Lakes
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Hiking to Dee Dee Lakes
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Hiking to Dee Dee Lakes
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Hiking to Dee Dee Lakes
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Hiking to Dee Dee Lakes
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These meadows were gorgeous!
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More meadows.
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Climbing higher toward South Pass.
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Climbing higher toward South Pass.
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Climbing higher toward South Pass.
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Climbing higher toward South Pass.
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Climbing higher toward South Pass.
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Climbing higher toward South Pass.
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Climbing higher toward South Pass.
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At South Pass
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This rock looks a little like a sheep...I guess...
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Clouds above South Pass
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Clouds above South Pass
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Upper Dee Dee Lake
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Upper Dee Dee Lake
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Upper Dee Dee Lake
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Lower Dee Dee Lake
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Lower Dee Dee Lake
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Trout in Lower Dee Dee Lake
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Snow along the margin of Upper Dee Dee Lake
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Climbing the talus above the lake
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Climbing the talus above the lake
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Plants in the talus
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Plants in the talus
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Above the lake
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Talus at the lake's margin
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View from above upper Dee Dee Lake
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Chipmunk
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View of Lower Dee Dee Lake
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Western White Pine
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Larches
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Justin climbing the talus above the lake
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Justin climbing the talus above the lake
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Lounging near Upper Dee Dee Lake
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Upper Dee Dee Lake
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Larches
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Olympic Peninsula

Hiking through the rainforest.
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Hiking up the Hoh River trail.
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Young mouse along the trail.
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Mouse again.
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Once again, the mouse.
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Blurry close up of the mouse.
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The trail parallels the Hoh River
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Mount Olympus through the trees in the valley.
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Hemlock on a nurse stump.
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Bunchberry.
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Big cedar!
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Hemlock seedlings on a nurse log.
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A really crowded nurse log!
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Do you see the circle in the sky? I have no idea what it is...
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Elk in the dim morning light.
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Herd of elk crossing the gravel bar.
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Sunrise over the Hoh River.
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This sunrise is with a different camera mode.
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A 3rd mode I guess?
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There's the sun!
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Finally emerging from behind the mountains...
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I think it's an owl feather
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Back of the feather
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Soft texture for soundless flight?
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Big root wad.
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Big log jam.
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Log jam.
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Cut nurse log.
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Glacial sediment makes the water blue.
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False Lily of the Valley (Maianthemum dilatatum)
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High bridge over the Hoh. Kinda scary.
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Looking up the Hoh River valley from the bridge.
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Long way down...
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A charismatic Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)
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Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)
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Looking out the door of my tent at Elk Lake.
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There's Julie and Justin's tent.
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Looking down at Elk Lake.
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Getting closer to the glacier!
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Getting closer to the glacier!
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Getting closer to the glacier!
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Getting closer to the glacier!
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The trail washed out so they installed a rope ladder.
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Going down with heavy packs was a little annoying.
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Tag-team backpacking stoves
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Cheese!!!!
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The rice and lentils are soaking in a Nalgene.
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Climbing the terminal moraine of the Blue Glacier.
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The Blue Glacier!
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Look at the size of that thing!
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View from the terminal moraine (note the cirque).
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Yes, Julie hiked up the mountain in flip flops.
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Terminus of the glacier.
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Alpine community.
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Krummholz shore (lodgepole) pine (Pinus contorta)
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Glacially fragmented rocks.
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Through meadows to the lateral moraine.
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Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)
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Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)
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Julie climbing the talus in flip flops.
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Old, dessicated wood.
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There's the Blue Glacier again!
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Looking toward the terminal moraine.
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Walking along the top of the lateral moraine.
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Walking along the top of the lateral moraine.
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At the bottom of the lateral moraine.
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Looks like we're technically already on the glacier...
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Glacial melt (quite refreshing!).
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Boulder perched on ice.
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Looking back at the lateral moraine that we climbed down.
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Going further out onto the glacier.
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There's the proof.
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Crevasses.
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Julie was afraid we would fall in the crevasses.
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Dwarf mountain lupine (Lupinus lyallii)
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Climbing back up the scree slope of the lateral moraine.
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Bye Blue Glacier!
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A Western Screech Owl (too bad the picture sucks).
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Visitor to our camp.
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She wanted food.
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What was that sound?
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Back up the ladder on the way down the mountain.
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Morning fog.
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A Western Toad metamorph.
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Last camp in the Hoh River Valley (4th night).
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Olympus Backcountry campsite.
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Lake Ozette.
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Lake Ozette.
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Lake Ozette.
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Lake Ozette.
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Some kind of slug.
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Some insect/arachnid made houses out of silk-enclused spruce needles.
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Gross shrew with a tumor on its head.
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Meadow on the way to Cape Alava.
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Labrador Tea (Ledum groenlandicum)
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Labrador Tea (Ledum groenlandicum)
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The Pacific Ocean!
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Blacktail Deer fawn
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Blacktail Deer fawn
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Blacktail Deer fawn
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Blacktail Deer.
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Blacktail Deer fawn
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Blacktail Deer fawn
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Blacktail Deer fawn
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Blacktail Deer fawn
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Northwestern Crow perched on a rock.
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The tide is going down.
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Merganser
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Dried kelp, seaweed, etc.
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Merganser again.
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Blacktail Deer pair.
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Blacktail Deer pair.
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Pretty colors.
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Crows perched on a fallen spruce.
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Julie with a deer.
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Anemone!
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There's a heron silhouetted on the rock.
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I used to know what these are but I forgot.
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Tide keeps going down.
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Purple sea star!!
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Driftwood spruce by the rocks.
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Looking toward Cape Alava from (near) Sand Point.
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Julie and Justin hiking toward Sand Point.
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Mt. St. Helens

Red Breasted Nuthatch
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Climber's Bivouac camp.
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Alder forest along a stream
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Water!
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Turtlehead (Nothochelone nemorosa)
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Grey Jay
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Grey Jay
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It landed on the tent!
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The forest thins...
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On the way up Mt. St. Helens
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The forest below
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Justin climbing
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Not sure what Julie's doing here...
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Heather
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Not sure what it is, but it's pretty!
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Scrambling, post to post
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Justin near a post that marks the route
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Solar panel for the GPS station
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GPS station
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Rim of the crater. Lovely weather, right?
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Looking down into the rim. At fog.
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It was really cold and windy at the top...
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North Cascades June 09

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Dam at Ross Lake.
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Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja sp.)
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An orchid of some kind.
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Jaw of some type of salmon...above the dam (eagle transported?)
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Cool polished piece of wood
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Shore of Ross Lake near Big Beaver camp
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First night's sunset.
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Our view the first morning
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What a perfect sight to wake up to.
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Common Loon (Gavia immer) in breeding plumage
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Erin getting ready to head out
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I liked this assemblage of trees: Black Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera), Shore (or Lodgepole) Pine (Pinus contorta), and Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
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Looking down from the top of the boulder that we at lunch on
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Big Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata)
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T. plicata, with Erin for scale
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Beaver pond!
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Lily of some kind
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Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis or unalaschkensis - any thoughts?)
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Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis or unalaschkensis - any thoughts?)
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Yeah, I tried climbing this mountain off-trail in the late afternoon/early evening. Didn't get to the top.
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I may not have gotten to the top, but I did manage to get pretty high given that I'd already been hiking all day.
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Stonefly (Plecoptera)
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Stonefly (Plecoptera)
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Western Toad (Bufo boreas)
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B. boreas
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Rubber Boa (Charina bottae)!!!!
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Here's a close up of its head.
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Charina bottae
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Herp photos

Garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
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From the Denison University Biological Reserve (DUBR) in Granville, OH.

Western Diamondback (Crotalus atrox)
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Western Diamondback Rattlesnake in Saguaro National Park, Arizona.

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Saguaro National Park, Arizona.

Western Diamondback coiled
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Saguaro National Park, Arizona.

Collared lizard
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Saguaro National Park, Arizona.

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Saguaro National Park, Arizona.

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Saguaro National Park, Arizona.

Wood frog (Lithobates sylvatica)
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Denison University Biological Reserve in Granville, OH

Northern Red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber)
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Denison University Biological Reserve in Granville, OH

Garter snake is hiding
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Denison University Biological Reserve in Granville, OH

This turtle is laying eggs
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Denison University Biological Reserve in Granville, OH

Two lined salamander (Eurycea bislineata)
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Hocking Hills State Park, OH

Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)
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Hocking Hills State Park, OH

juvenile plethodontid
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most likely red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus), Denison University Biological Reserve

American toad (Bufo americanus)
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In my backyard (Maple Heights, OH)

Gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor)
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Denison University Biological Reserve in Granville, OH

The bright coloring on the hind limbs of Hyla versicolor
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Denison University Biological Reserve in Granville, OH

small mouthed salamander (Ambystoma texanum)
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A. texanum
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Lithobates sylvatica
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Juvenile Eastern Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum)
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Long tailed salamander (Eurycea longicauda)
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E. longicauda
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Denison University Biological Reserve in Granville, OH

Dusky salamander
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most likely Desmognathus fuscus fuscus, Denison University Biological Reserve in Granville, OH

E. longicauda
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E. longicauda
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In case you haven't figured it out, I

Bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus)
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Wood Duck pond in the Denison University Biological Reserve in Granville, OH

Me with L. catesbeianus
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In the Denison University Biological Reserve in Granville, OH. This was my senior fellow pict

L. catesbeianus
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Denison University Biological Reserve in Granville, OH

A. texanum
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Denison University Biological Reserve in Granville, OH

Escape attempt!
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Container of A. maculatum
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More A. maculatum escape attempts.
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Fridge full of A. maculatum.
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Hexapod A. maculatum!
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Didn't stop her from moving around fairly well
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Our little hexapod again.
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An A. maculatum (I believe this one was male)
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Flint Ridge Park in OH.

Yes, that's me with a toxic salamander on my face.
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Flint Ridge Park in OH.

Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
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I believe this one was caught at Old Minnow Pond in the Denison University Biological Reserve

Baby Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)
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This little guy was cute, he bit me when I picked him up as if it would actually hurt.

Seal salamander (Desmognathus monticola)
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I found this one behind our cabin in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

D. monticola
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Dusky salamander (Desmognathus sp.)
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From GRSM, but I can't remember what species this was (or if I even got an ID for it).

Red Spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
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Found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

So conspicuous
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Box turtle in GRSM
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Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta)
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From GRSM

Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
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Found on Gregory Bald in GRSM while we were brush-cutting blackberry. This one was very reluc

Pygmy salamander (Desmognathus wrighti)
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Found on the AT in GRSM. I love how coppery these guys are!

Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta)
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Western Red Backed Salamander (Plethodon vehiculum)
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Egg mass (most likely rough-skinned newt)
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Rough Skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa)
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T. granulosa
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T. granulosa
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Female (top) and male (bottom) T. granulosa.
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Garter snake (Thamnophis sp.)
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Western Toad (Bufo boreas)
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Rubber Boa (Charina bottae)
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