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Another view, logs with wildflowers

desertthorn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:17:02 MDT

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Log and stock

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Another view of lake

desertthorn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:14:25 MDT

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Half dead, half alive,

desertthorn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:09:58 MDT

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Beautiful hike, trees smelled like vanilla

desertthorn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:04:25 MDT

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Big sign said to watch for rattlers

desertthorn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:03:13 MDT

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Tree snag on the mountain

desertthorn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:00:39 MDT

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DD above the lake

desertthorn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:59:34 MDT

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Peek at the Big Bear Lake

desertthorn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:51:54 MDT

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Check out the work of the woodpeckers

desertthorn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:49:58 MDT

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Rock with tree

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Fall is on it's way

desertthorn — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:47:52 MDT

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Horny toad hidden in the shade

desertthorn — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:15:20 MDT

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There were fights over property and even death.

desertthorn — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:10:27 MDT

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When they died, they died and there were no junk yards to call.

desertthorn — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:06:10 MDT

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Joshua Tree did have folks living there, signs of old homesteads dot the landscape

desertthorn — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:02:28 MDT

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Cholla up close and personal

desertthorn — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:58:56 MDT

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Cholla Garden, dont let these guys get ya

desertthorn — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:53:27 MDT

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View of Palm Springs from Keys View, JT, next day smoke from the fired hid the views.

desertthorn — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:47:53 MDT

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Not another person in any direction

desertthorn — Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:53:06 MDT

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Small trails go off in all directions, need to see where they go

desertthorn — Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:49:44 MDT

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Sometimes the trails split. Which one to take?

desertthorn — Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:47:13 MDT

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Nature's sewing needle

desertthorn — Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:43:57 MDT

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Near Barker Dam, no water in the area but willow trees

desertthorn — Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:40:49 MDT

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Plenty of cactus

desertthorn — Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:37:39 MDT

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Behind the swimming sign

desertthorn — Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:34:53 MDT

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Seeing this sign was a shocker - NO SWIMMING where!!

desertthorn — Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:32:04 MDT

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Yucca in bloom

desertthorn — Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:26:46 MDT

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Oak trees adapt to the arid landscape by having tiny leaves.

desertthorn — Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:22:49 MDT

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Nolina - In the yucca family

desertthorn — Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:16:11 MDT

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Oasis of Mara

desertthorn — Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:04:29 MDT

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Water seeps around the trees

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desertthorn — Tue, 7 Jul 2009 18:03:37 MDT

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desertthorn — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:58:36 MDT

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To weird

desertthorn — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:50:21 MDT

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To Bent

desertthorn — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:27:19 MDT

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To scarred

desertthorn — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:26:26 MDT

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To many

desertthorn — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:25:38 MDT

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Broken

desertthorn — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:22:20 MDT

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To Thin

desertthorn — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:20:09 MDT

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To short

desertthorn — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:18:27 MDT

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To scraggly

desertthorn — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 11:47:41 MDT

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Pile of Rock

desertthorn — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:32:29 MDT

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It often looks like the great spirit just brought in a dump truck and dumped piles of rock all over the park

See faces in the rocks

desertthorn — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:28:18 MDT

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My buddy George and his cousin found ET in a rock formation. He found it once and we never found it again.

Joshua Trees

desertthorn — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:25:40 MDT

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Its not hard to see why this park was named after the Joshua Tree.

Shade

desertthorn — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:22:22 MDT

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While Native Americans used the Pinyou Pine for protein (nuts) and the sap for tar and glue, I used it for shade

Do you see the steer on the mountain

desertthorn — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:18:24 MDT

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Diverse flora in the valley

desertthorn — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:15:07 MDT

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Hidden Valley

desertthorn — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:13:20 MDT

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Entrance to Hidden Valley

desertthorn — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:11:26 MDT

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desertthorn — Wed, 6 May 2009 18:37:40 MDT

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desertthorn — Sat, 2 May 2009 11:13:04 MDT

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desertthorn — Sat, 2 May 2009 11:11:40 MDT

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desertthorn — Sat, 2 May 2009 11:10:17 MDT

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desertthorn — Sat, 2 May 2009 11:09:48 MDT

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desertthorn — Sat, 2 May 2009 11:09:20 MDT

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desertthorn — Sat, 2 May 2009 11:08:51 MDT

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desertthorn — Sat, 2 May 2009 11:07:44 MDT

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desertthorn — Sat, 2 May 2009 11:07:16 MDT

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Umpqua

desertthorn — Sat, 2 May 2009 10:52:53 MDT

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Umpqua

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desertthorn — Sat, 2 May 2009 10:38:36 MDT

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Trinidad Head

desertthorn — Sat, 2 May 2009 09:24:20 MDT

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Trinidad Head

desertthorn — Sat, 2 May 2009 09:22:28 MDT

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desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 10:21:52 MDT

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Pink House 1

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 10:03:26 MDT

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Carson House 1

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 10:02:52 MDT

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Carson House Property

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 10:01:47 MDT

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Fence Carson House

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 10:00:52 MDT

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B&B, Eureka

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:58:56 MDT

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B&B, Front

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:58:23 MDT

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Eureka Victorian 1

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:57:48 MDT

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Eureka Victorian 2

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:57:19 MDT

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Eureka Victorian 3

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:56:46 MDT

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Eureka Victorian 4

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:56:18 MDT

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About Carson House

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:55:49 MDT

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Eureka Victorian 5

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:55:21 MDT

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Eureka Victorian 7

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:54:53 MDT

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Start of the Redwood Hyw

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:54:18 MDT

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Moss Tree,

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:53:51 MDT

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About Redwood Hwy

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:53:22 MDT

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Redwood Hwy 1

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:52:55 MDT

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Redwood Hwy 2

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:52:26 MDT

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Redwood Hwy 3

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:51:58 MDT

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Redwood Hwy 4

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:51:24 MDT

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Redwood Hwy 5

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:50:48 MDT

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Redwood Hwy 7

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Early RV 1

desertthorn — Fri, 1 May 2009 09:49:13 MDT

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Early RV 2

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Early RV 3

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