The outdoor bar at VVR
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Resupply sorting time!
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'LB', or Little Bastard, the chipmunk who would not go away.
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Mary, Michael, and Anna Marie at lunch time. With delicous fresh-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookies on the table
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No problem...
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VVR is 1/3 of the way to Canada or 2/3 of the way to Mexico along the PCT
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Camp at VVR - hikers are free to pitch their tents wherever.
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The grill I didn't have my camera with me when the enormous tri-tip and chicken were being grilled
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Back on the boat Anna Marie and Mary
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Looking back at the low shore of lake Edison
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Back into the mountains we go.
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Boat load of thru hikers
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Preparing for our long 1/2 mile hike today (hee)
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The arriving group waits on the shore for the ferry
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Hi Marty and Cameron! Hope you had a good birthday at VVR
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Another shot of the low, low Lake Edison
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Walking up to the trees to find a campsite for the night.
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I liked this spot - right by the lake.
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Kerry and Michael learn how to operate the Jetboil
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I went out to relax and read next to the creek
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Mary has a similar idea...
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Mono creek drains into Lake Edison The low water year combined with the dam construction makes this area look very strange
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Me, with my cold Coors....mmmm, delicious (ugh) (canned beer options were very limited, and I wasn't going to carry an empty bottle to North Lake)
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The difficult life of a backpacker
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I noticed this long after we set up camp It says, "DO NOT SLEEP HERE"
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