Fish and Eagle. 12/27/10




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It is a nice day after last week of rains.
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Last time we were here it was 5 years ago. It was steep than; it may be even steeper today.
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Cat likes it so far.
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Climb is getting steeper.
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Loose rocks are everywhere, but we are almost on the ridge.
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That was exciting.
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Look there is a gypsum train going.
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Our Fish picture.
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And Eagle is over there.
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We are comparing our trail maps.
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Almost at Eagle’s top.
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John is heading directly for the terra cache.
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Our Eagle group.
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It was steep up so it is steep down.
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Somewhat flat part of this nice canyon, that will change soon we still have 1600’ to go down.
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Some of the falls into mud pools.
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There is even some water here.
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Nice canyon with nice rocks.
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We have to bypass the big waterfall.
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Rocks are everywhere. Just wonder how often this place gets good earthquakes.
It is not too far from San Andreas Fault.
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Down looks closer than it is. We will be running out of the daylight soon.
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We made it just in time back. Wit is setting up our happy hour.
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The train engineer must be wondering what is going on here in the middle of nowhere.

Hike Rating: Difficulty: 3.7 Technical: 4.2 Scenic: 3.3 El. 3500'