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P H O T O G R A P H S _____________________ This is the look Bart always gives me when he realizes we're on a road trip:
Flat tire on a hot highway:
On our way again:
A high camp:
Our cowboy camp. The corral was built in the 1800s:
Our cowboy campfire, using cattle dung:
In addition to our cowboy camping, Bart and I were on foot for six continuous days in the wilderness of the San Juans:
On the Vallecito trail:
I built a log bridge across the roaring Vallecito River towards the end of our first day of hiking, as we could find no good way to cross. Most of the logs I placed ended up below the surface of the water. We shared a camping spot with another hiker, Michelle, who helped harvest logs for the bridge. It set us back half a day, but was fun.
Our log harvesting helper:
On the Vallecito trail. We actually met one hiker, who took this picture at a stream crossing:
High in the San Juans, miles off the trail. Our camp at 11,200 feet:
Three pictures from inside our tent:
Storm King Peak (which I climbed in '77):
Bart on watch, with Storm King Peak lit by the evening sun:
On towards the high pass:
Bart the mighty conquerer: (on the pass - 12,800')
Best trip yet for Bart. The peaks of the Grenadiers are way too steep for a dog to summit -- was a silly goal, but Bart ascended the infamous scree slope and "summited" a high pass.
Three more pictures of Lucky (in Des Moines six days later):
Stayed with the Talbotts in Kansas three nights at the end of our trip. Bob took this photo at the cattle auction:
Another surprise -- Graham Talbott was working on a wood carving each evening in camp during our 2017 trip. I didn't know what he was making. He gave it to me when he was visiting in Minnesota just after this year's trip:
Bonus video. Bart and Lucky romping in their back yard:
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