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| Cody wonders if this was really a red tail hawk... |
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| Loved having him around all day :) |
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| Brotherly love |
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| Active black bears |
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| There were two swans from Iowa! |
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| This snow leopard was either really happy, or really angry with the zoo staff |
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| Love this picture |
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| Red fox |
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| We only caught a glimpse of her as she repositioned in sleep... probably too balmy for her! |
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| Setting up camp in his slacks |
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| View from our campsite |
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| Loving the sunshine! |
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| Happy to get to spend time together |
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| Checking out the scenery |
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| mmm, dinner |
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| Here we go! |
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| Lovely trail ran along the creek most of the way |
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| Regrouping after Wilson tired to warn us of something up ahead: people |
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| Means the snow's melting! |
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| First glimpse of the beautiful Ptarmigan Lake, only 3.4 miles |
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| Cody spotted a loon |
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| Clear water (where there wasn't ice still) |
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| Perhaps one of my favorite pictures ever |
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| Of course he had to get in to ruin the reflection pictures |
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| On our way around the lake |
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| Just a boy and his dog |
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| No wind as we traveled around the lake |
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| While Cody fished, I played with the camera settings to capture the unique clouds |
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| View of the receeding ice |
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| Beauty! |
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| Loon again, although I didn't catch his flapping his wings after diving |
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| Stellar's Jay |
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| Wet pooch who wouldn't calm down |
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| Happy to make it back for a rest at 'our rock' |
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| time for lunch |
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| then time to soak up some rays... it was 70+ |
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| As if he was posing for me... |
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| Cody brought a beverage to enjoy after he cooled it in the lake |
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| pensive, much? |
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| loving our Alaskan adventures |
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| part of the trail on the way back |
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| Enjoying the scenery on our way back |
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| knew we were close once we hit the maintained trail |
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| map of the trail back at the trailhead |