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Mountain town in which the trail head begins

Along the way we stopped for this pic.  Nicholas did great on this hike!

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Crossing the stream.  Nicholas has mastered the art of "picking" the trail across the water.

Toby, Kaelin's brother joins us on this hike.  Nicholas enjoys hanging with his dogs.

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Ruins of one of the mines.

Photo by: Nicholas Elvera

Toby and Kaelin

Photo by: Nicholas Elvera.  This photo won 2nd place at the 2005 National Specialty Art Show, in the kids division.

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Donna and Avie enjoy lunch.  Notice the rain clouds coming?

Toby & Kaelin surveying the area.

This was a fun hike.  
As we began our descent, the clouds quickly rolled in and the rain began.  Lucky for us we all had our rain gear.  Thunder and lightening were nearing our area.  The closer we got to the car, the harder the rain came down.  Just as we unloaded our gear, got the dogs in the van and us in the van, it began to snow!  Whew!  What timing.

Photo by: Nicholas Elvera

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