Tyler, Alex, and Mike asked me if I wanted to join them on a camping trip in Yosemite. I did. And here are some of the pictures I took.
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Awesome morning hair
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Don't forget the eggs!
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Eggs are good!
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Lembert Dome -- a typical Yosemite parking lot view
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Tyler near the start of the hike
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This, I'm told, is what Tyler looked like a lot in Chile
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A nice meadow
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I'm in front of the camera for once
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Trees look neat without all of their green stuff
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The view, looking back, on our way up ragged peak
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And the view from the top
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Excited about hiking down to the lake
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On the way down...
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Still going down...
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And down...
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You get picture...
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This one took a bit of gimp work to clean up. In the original the foreground was basically black.
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Another one for Mom
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The mirror world
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ragged peak silhouette
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Another silhouette
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And here it is in the light
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Safe from all but 13 foot tall bears
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Another classic Yosemite scene
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