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In-n-In
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"And that's the way it is..."
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Julie survived her first
In-n-Out Burger experience, not
so worried about the
"out" part ...
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Another of Jennifer's
no-nonsense poses; alternates
with "Oh, no you
didn't..." "Give ...
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"I'm telling..."
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Could be... something?
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With a stance and a facial
expression like that, who needs
captions?
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A vaguely fossil-like shard.
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How dry I am...
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Joshua tree
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The washes are covered with
distinct and unique vegetation,
most of which looks dessicated
and weedy ...
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The literature says they grow
slowly, something like a few
inches per year, so this one
must be ...
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Pockmarked
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Blasted butte
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We didn't know what made all
these holes, but this ledge was
sure full of them.
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Still a good distance away from
this vantage; we climbed almost
all the way up there! ...
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On our way to the trailhead
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Cliff face
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Roads were, for the most part,
surprisingly navigable (at least
in a high-clearance 4WD
vehicle).
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Apologies for smudged lens...
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Dry riverbed
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Massive rock outcropping
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Draining toward the southeast;
we're about 400 feet above the
riverbed here.
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Lots of geologic force required
to move that much stuff around,
I reckon.
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Eroded
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Horizon
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How gravel is made.
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Looking southeast toward Fort
Irwin
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Plateau
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The way forward
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This was about as high as we
climbed, which was a good thing.
Getting down was tougher.
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This picture makes the going
look easier somehow than we
remember, standing there. Maybe
with a bit ...
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More rocks
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Rusty schist
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The 60-degree jut is pretty
cool; you can tell this land's
been hammered from all sides ...
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Interesting because it was
different than anything else
around it. Carried down during
a rainy ...
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