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This was the first backpacking trip in what
has turned out to be a traditional annual event. After spending
an inordinate amount of
time of trying to get everyone's schedule to mesh and very little
forethought in the planning phase, we strike out for the wilds. This
first trip was taken along the La Sal Mountains that you see to the
East when in Moab, UT. There is very little water and many Bovine
implants but is still a fun multi-day with incredible geologic
perspectives. These photos were taken with a disposable camera and
then scanned and they certainly show it.
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Buell and Polly. Polly is demonstrating a facial
feature that has also become a tradition on these treks. We call
it the "Constipated
Baby face".
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Buell gazing upward on a day we all decided to climb a 12,000 footer.
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On top of Pilot Peak, a minor peak at 12,000 feet. Prissy the Bullmastiff
is in the background wondering "what in the hell am I doing here."
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Miss Prissy, a kind and gentle soul who loved everyone and was such
a good dog. Prissy crossed the Golden Rainbow on 8 July 2002 and
left a hole in my heart the size of the Grand Canyon. I still miss
her very much.
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Yours truly sitting on his ass as we begin our decent toward a "refit
day".
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Lake Warner with the hiking crew and my Mom
and Dad who helped support this wondrous event by dropping us off
and setting up a refit
day halfway through the ordeal. In the background can be seen Haystack
and behind it Tukuhnikivatz Mountain.
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Polly, son Travis and Zuki the wonder dog on top of Boren Mesa looking
South.
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Travis, Buell and Polly with the facial expression mentioned above.
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We were supposed to came at this site on our second to last day
but opted to drive forward to our final destination one day early.
We still wonder to this day why in the hell we came to that decision.
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The "Trail of Tears" somewhere along the La
Sal Pass on the Southern flanks of Mt Tukuhnikivatz
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