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Mel's place at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains |
| Llama's and Mel's "hotel"...TT visitors welcome! |
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Meerkat, Cork, & Mel visiting with Slate |
| Mel & Nomad enjoying the pre-hike festivities. Note Nomad's backpacking martini glass (made of plastic!). You can't see it, but that is a peppercini in there, not an olive. |
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Cork & Phil preparing Dutch oven delights for the troops the night before the big hike. |
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Mel loading the llamas at the trailhead. |
| The Llama-Rama-Ding-Dong Society |
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Part of our campground at Piute Lake |
| Freedom and Mel cooking dinner at Piute Lake |
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Mel runs into her friend, Horst, in the back country. Mel says Horst is a great fisherman, chef, and extreme skier. |
| Solitary Hiker |
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One of the many lakes we passed on our way to Piute Pass. |
| Nigal displaying his burrito with filling that looked a lot like ****. He said the taste was actually pretty good. That is Dunk in the background |
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Freedom, Nigal, Meerkat, Solitary Hiker, and Nomad ward off the cold with special "concoctions". Anyone for a "fuzzy navel"? |
| Phil, Creekjumper, Cork and Mel coming up the trail to Piute Pass. |
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Cork & Phil |
| Solitary Hiker, Phil, Nomad, Nigal, and Dunk at Piute Pass. Humphrey's Basin in the background. |
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Mel, Meerkat, Cork, Freedom, and Creekjumper overlooking Humphrey's Basin. |