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Day 2 Iceline/Twin Falls – Yoho NP

Rock, glaciers and high alpine lakes, welcome to the Iceline Trail.

Day 2 Yoho Lake CG to Twin Falls CG, 17.8 km, 650 m Elevation Gain, 900 m Elevation Loss, 7 hrs 15 min.

As usual I was up early I was out of the tent by 6:35 am. I was trying to be quiet to let Siobhan sleep and not disturb the other campers. I appeared to be the first one up. Getting up early allows me some quiet personal time. Early rising also frequently provides spectacular morning light shows provided by the rising sun. After checking that Frosty Paws was keeping the tent safe I headed over to the lake were a deep grey cloud cover dulled the morning. After taking some photographs I headed over the bear hang to grab the food and get the morning coffee going. As I got the stove set up the sun was still below the horizon but the light from the sun reflected off of the bottom of the clouds producing a deep orange glow on the clouds which reflected in the water. This amazing light show lasted for about 10 minutes and by the time I had my coffee it was all over.

6:35 am wake up and Frosty is guarding the tent.
No golden light, time 6:48 am
Early morning sun providing a private light show, time 6:58am.
Pays to get up early.
Morning coffee. Time 7:06 and the light show is over.

The weather reports had promised a sunny, blue sky day. As we had breakfast and tore down the tent the clouds cleared off giving us our blue sky day. We were all packed up and ready to go at about 9:10 am. We had all day to do 18 km. A good start would allow us plenty of time to stop and pause and take in the sights instead of just plowing down the trail with our heads down pounding out the mileage.

Blue sky. Like the hole through Michael Peak.
Happy faces to start day 2
All packed up. There are signs of life in the campground.
Heading for the Iceline. Will not actually go all the way to Little Yoho CG but will have lunch at the Stanley Mitchell Hut.

The trail cuts around the far end of the lake from where we approached and immediately started to climb. The trail is well graded as we will spend the next 3 hrs climbing to the high point of the trail but only gain about 400 m of elevation. We get intemittent views of Takakkaw Falls through the trees as we hike. After about 40 minutes the trail hits a bit of plateau and the trees start to thin out bringing all the peaks of the park into view. We stop to take some pictures of the falls and I manage to pull off some long exposure shots of Takakkaw Falls. One day I will get some filters to make the long exposure shots easier but I thought they worked out pretty well.

Green and lush near the trail. Much of the Iceline is across rocks so this will end soon.
Big views. It what we came for.
Takakkaw Falls. Left photo shutter 1/60th sec, middle photo 1.6 sec, right photo 4 sec.

We came to the junction with the Iceline trail connecting to our trail from early yesterday at 10:15. This is where the trail starts to head up again. It was 2.25 km from the campground and had taken us about an hour. Taking photographs takes time but it was why we were here. Shortly after reaching the junction we were passed by our first hiking coming up from the parking lot. We would start to meet a scattering of people traveling both ways but I would in no way describe the trail as crowded.

Going across the little plateau. The vegetation is thinning out.
Junction.
Siobhan arriving at the junction. Still smiling one hour into the hike.
The Daly Glacier feeding Takakkaw Falls.
Heading that way. Not much vegetation left. The cliff above us leads to the peak known as the Vice President.

We started to climb again but the gradient was never very steep. The velocity graph on the Viewranger App showed that many times we hit a speed of zero, indicating that we were stopped for a short interval to take in the scenery. You could actually day hike the trail. Starting at the parking lot at Takakkaw Falls, go to the trailhead by the hostel, by pass Yoho Lake and go over the Iceline to the Little Yoho Valley, down to Laughing Falls and back to the car. I was very happy we had done the short stretch to Yoho Lake as it allowed us plenty of time to enjoy where we were.

Trees insist on growing in the most difficult of places.
Day hikers.
The trail would alternate from loose rocks of the moraines to the bare rock of the underlying mountain.
Siobhan with Takakkaw Falls to the left.

A few more day hikers passed us then a large group of older people came by the other way hiking from Little Yoho CG. We had a nice discussion with the fellow at the back of the group. Despite being older they were pretty hardcore. He talked about traveling over the glaciers of the Waputik Icefield (of which the Daly Glacier is a part). Glacier travel is a bit out of my league. After a fun short chat we said goodbye so that he could catch up with his group and we continued on our way up to the high point of the trail.

Siobhan having a little snack along the trail.
The trail crossed numerous little outlfow streams draining the glaciers.
Small glacier under the ridge to the Vice President which would be just off the right of the picture.

We had some fun and stopped at a small lake to take artsy photos.

One of the many small little ponds populating the Iceline.
Siobhan posing. The peak at centre is Isolation Peak (2845 m)
Striking a pose.
Siobhan looking pleased with herself.
Ok, my geology photo for trip. Love the 90 degree angle in the fold in the rock.
What father would put their little girl on a pedestal.
Ok, another amazing example of the folding of rock. The Secretary-Treasurer mountain.

We reached the junction with the trail to Lake Celeste at 11:55 am. The trail to the lake ends up joining the main trail along the Little Yoho River. Other than shortening the trip and saving some time I do not know why someone would want to drop off the Iceline early. Fifteen minutes after passing the junction to Lake Celeste we took a quick detour up a small hill to the Iceline Summit. The view over Yoho NP was sublime.

Siobhan taking in the view from the Iceline Summit.
The view west from the summit. Mountain in the centre has the Little Yoho Valley at the bottom of it running across the screen and it connects with the Yoho Valley where the mountain makes a point on the right hand side of the screen.
Looking east from the summit.
The view from the summit of where we are headed.
Siobhan heading down from the Iceline Summit. You can see the main trail below. It is not far

We rejoined the main trail it was 3.8 km down 170 m to the Little Yoho River and the Stanley Mitchell Hut were we would have lunch. We past by some more hikers heading the other way up the Iceline. We dropped off the rock of the high trail 30 minutes after leaving the Iceline Summit.

Will cut below the lake on our left than stay high around the ridge at centre before dropping down into the forest. The long mountain on the right is the Whaleback Mountain. The sharp peak at centre is Isloation Peak (2845 m) connected to Mt McArthur (3015 m) by the glacier. on the left is Kiwetinok Peak (2902 m).
Siobhan with Lilliput Mountain (2908 m) and the Waputik Icefileds in the background.

As we walked along the base of the rockface we were looking for whistling marmots but none were to be found. A group of not very experienced day hikers had asked how far to the Iceline Summit and I had enthusiastically said about half an hour to an hour. It had been more like an hour and a half for us and we had been going downhill. I figured the worse I did was give them a bit of false hope that the Iceline Summit was just around the next bend. Siobhan nicley chided me for being off in my advice.

Some colourful fungus growing along the north facing slope. Decided that they were probably not a good addition to our lunch.

We soon arrived at the Little Yoho River. We made our way across the not very robust bridge and a couple of minutes later arrived at the Stanley Mitchell Hut where we were planning on having lunch. It was 1:30 pm we had traveled 10.6 km leaving us with just over 7 km to go to reach Twin Falls CG. We enjoyed a decadent trail lunch of pitas, red pepper, cheddar cheese and potato chips. I took advantage of our extended stop to pull out the fly and set it out in the sun to dry.

Helpful addtions to the sign. Some people may want to find the ACC Hut (the Stanley Mitchell Hut) and the trail back to Yoho Valley.
Definitely a small river. Crossing the Little Yoho River.
Looking west to the Kwitanok Pass. Mt Kerr (2863 m) at centre is just to the left of the pass.
Happy to arrive at the Stanley Mitchell Hut. Siobhan remembered once we arrived that she had stayed at the hut about 10 years before.
Lunch.
It tastes really good out on the trail. Lots of carb, salt and fat with a little bit of veggie.

Lunch was a solid 40 minutes long. We relaxed and soak in the sun and the views. Much of the rest of the day would be inside the forest with only the occasional view of the alpine. We saw one couple come by heading to the Iceline. They made no attempt at converstation but we made up for that with a relatively long chat with three runners heading to the Iceline. Siobhan and one of the guys shared some intel about their Garmin watches is all that I know remember. Once we were back on our way the runners came by and we gave them directions to Twin Falls. Do not know why they decided against the Iceline. With a bit of luck we should have seen them returning from Twin Falls as they headed back to their cars but we never did see them again.

Looking back a full view of the Vice President (3066 m)
Siobhan happy. Full stomach, downhill trail in the shade.
Crossed a couple of avalanche paths. The power of tumbling snow is impressive.
Bridge over the Little Yoho River from Lake Celeste.
Junction with the trail from Lake Celeste. Only 2.5 km left to Laughing Falls.

Our hike down to Laughing Falls was fairly uneventful. We past a few groups heading up the trail. One of the groups seemed to say that they were staying at the Stanley Mitchell Hut. I was surprised that the hut would be available for rent during Covid. After an hour of hiking we rejoined the trail that I had previously hiked with Volcano. As we descended down to Laughing Falls Siobhan got annoyed at the evidence of trail cutting as people short-cutted the switchbacks. Siobhan did a little bit of trail maintenance to discourage others from going off trail and causing excess erosion.

Siobhan doing some trail maintenance.

It took a 1 hr and 25 minutes to arrive at Laughing Falls from lunch. We then spent 10 minutes looking at and taking photos of the falls.

Laughing Falls and a Sun Star.
Laughing Falls 2 second exposure
Siobhan at Laughing Falls.

It is about 2.5 km to Twin Falls CG from Laughing Falls. It took us 35 minutest to make our way to Laughing Falls arriving at 4:30 pm. We had covered 17.75 km in a comfortable 7 hrs 10 minutes giving us plenty of time on the trail and plenty of time to set up camp and enjoy the campground.

Crossing over the Yoho River. The famous only railings on one side bridge seen in Yoho NP.
Tent all set up. Various items of clothing drying on a log.

After walking through camp looking at the available sites we chose the first one that we had seen. We took our time setting up camp and had the tent set up by 5:30 pm. Water for dinner was soon on the boil. We had more sausages that we could add to our store bought freeze dried meals.

Yoho River at the campground.
Siobhan enjoying putting the sausages into the dinner. Have to have more chips with dinner.
Cheese smokies mixed into the dinner.

After dinner we had a lovely chat with the ladies that had arrived late last night at Yoho Lake CG. They had quite a day. Instead of going to Laughing Falls they took the Connector route up the Twin Falls past Marpole Lake. On arriving at Twin Falls they found the bridge to be closed. It would have been a long hike back down the connector to Laughing Falls and then up to Twin Falls CG. So they looked at the bridge carefully noticing that there appeared to be some new boards across the bridge. With nothing seemingly amiss with the bridge they decided to risk and dark across. Obviously nothing catastrophic had happened and they arrived safely in about 30 minutes at Twin Falls CG. We had met another couple who had backtracked and it had taken them a good couple of hours to arrive at Twin Falls CG. Despite Covid and the precautions we had to take we had a long, lovely and safe discussion with the ladies after dinner. Siobhan had cycled 50 km the day before so she headed to the tent to finish watching a movie I had recommended “Wild Rose” a newly released version of a Star is Born. I took the opportunity in the fading light to take long exposure photos of the river.

Long exposure of the Yoho River.

I packed up the camera at about 8:30 pm. Siobhan finished the movie just before 9 pm. We had said our good nights by 9:30 pm.

Good night from Twin Falls CG.

Day 3 Iceline/Twin Falls

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New trip posted, three day trip in the Rockwall in New trip posted, three day trip in the Rockwall in Kootenay NP with @sio.mellors. Introduction and Day 1 up on Bootwreckers.

Trip was suppose to be hiking Northover Ridge in Kanananaskis but smoke had us change plans at the last minute.

This would be my third multi day trip on the Rockwall but the first for Siobhan.

Managed to get two camping sites on the Rockwall and instead of smoke we had to deal with the threat of rain.

We did get wet but we had a blast.

Day 1 is from Paint Pots TH to Helmet Falls CG, with a side trip to get up close the the falls. Pretty straightforward day but visiting Helmet Falls is always special.

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The sixth and final day of our 2022 GDT Section D The sixth and final day of our 2022 GDT Section D hike is up on Bootwreckers, see link in bio.

This day took us from a random camp on the Howse Floodplain to the Mustafa Canyon parking lot. This was an adventurous day with bushwhacking, stream crossings and dead fall but a simply glorious end to a wonderful hike on the GDT. 

Again thanks  to Sara (@sd_kuz) and Lillian (@waterlilizee) for sharing this adventure with me. I am sure we will meet again on a trail someday.

Photo 1 - Morning Colors

Photo 2 - tents on the floodplain

Photo 3 - bushwhacking to start the day

Photo 4 - fields of flowers going to seed

Photo 5 - looking south down the Howse River

Photo 6 - thigh deep water crossing

Photo 7 - big views

Photo 8 - Sara crossing some dead fall

Photo 9 -Mistaya Canyon

Photo 10 - picked up a thru hiker named Roy, enjoying beverages left by Natasha and Kyle from Backpacks and Bikeracks

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Day 5 of our 2022 Great Divide Trail Section D hik Day 5 of our 2022 Great Divide Trail Section D hike is posted on Bootwreckers, see link in bio.

Truly epic day on the trail. Pass through the debris of two avalanches, had lunch by a waterfall, crawled over so much dead fall and hiked on the Howse Flood Plain.

The sunset on the flood plain was one of most magical I have seen.

As always a big thanks to Sara (@sd_kuz) and Lillian (@waterlilizee) for sharing this adventure with me. The Team totally rocked the trail.

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Evening light on Picketpost Mt. #aztrail #aztasso Evening light on Picketpost Mt.

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Arizona Trail Passages 14 and 15. Some photos of Arizona Trail Passages 14 and 15.

Some photos of my recent hike down a couple of Passages of the Arizona Trail. 

The trail is so diverse, rolling terrain cut by shallow washes leads to the expanse of the desert then into rugged canyons and tall peaks, all in a space of 92 km (58 miles).

Had a great time, some blisters gave me some concerns but they seem to be doing fine now that they are out of my hiking shoes.

Got lucky with Trail Magic courtesy of Condiments who drove his 4x4 deep into an unarmed wash, was really in the middle of no where, and then again at the start of Passage 15, missed the Trail Angel's name, the wind was so loud.

Like to thank my Trail Angels, Carole for driving me to Oracle to start the trip, with side trip to a Hayden Az, a real ghost town and to Edith for leaving a water cache for me at Passage 15.

Included a video of my time at the high point for Passage 15. My kid likes it when you stop and enjoy the view you earned, thought they would appreciate my effort in the face of 1000 mph winds (ok maybe thats a bit of an exaggeration).

Thanks Arizona and the AZT for providing more memories.

I will be back

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That sunset says when I wake up it will be time to That sunset says when I wake up it will be time to start my hike on the Arizona Trail, Passages 14 and 15

Love my little motel in Superior, Az, Copper Mt Motel. Has murals painted on all the buildings

Spied the Grand Canyon from the plane 

Adventure awaits 

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Frosty Paws all packed and ready for an adventure. Frosty Paws all packed and ready for an adventure.

Arizona Trail Passages 14 and 15 starting Sunday

Off weekend gooooooo!

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Last weekend before heading to Arizona for a four Last weekend before heading to Arizona for a four day adventure on the Arizona Trail.

I wonder if hiking in the 15 cm of fresh snow will be good prepared for hiking the deserts of Passages 14 and 15?

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Day 4 of our 2022 GDT Section D hike is up on the Day 4 of our 2022 GDT Section D hike is up on the website, see link in bio.

This was a truly epic day spent on the Amiskwi and Collie Creek Alternates.

The weather cooperated starting with a spectacular sunrise on the Mummery Glacier, rainbows and blue skies on the ridge.

We had a brief encounter with a little black bear who scampered quickly away. 

Finished off the day with a cold beer, Grizzly Paw Rutting Elk Red, that I had carried with me and it tasted great.

Easily one of th best days on the trail ever.

Again big thanks to Sara (@sd_kuz) and Lillian (@waterlilizee) for sharing this adventure with me. The Team totally rocked the trail.

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Day 3 of our 2022 Section D hike is posted, see li Day 3 of our 2022 Section D hike is posted, see link in bio.

This was a shorter day, only about 17 km but took us from the end of the Kiwetinok Alternate up to Amiskwi Pass and then a beautiful meadow at the the base of the Amiskwi Ridge.

Photo 1 - morning sky

Photo 2 - on the Kiwetinok Alternate

Photo 3 - Kiwetinok Alternate

Photo 4 - break time at a stream crossing, Frosty Paws hanging in there

Photo 5 - Fireweed with a view down the Amiskwi Valley,

Photo 6 - fields of flowers as we approached Amiskwi Pass

Photo 7 - Yellow Columbine on the way up to Amiskwi Lodge

Photo 8 - Our camp in the meadow

Photo 9 - Setting sun

Photo 10 - one of the best adventure stories ever! True story of how three prisoners of war escaped and climbed Mt Kenya

Again big thanks to Sara (@sd_kuz) and Lillian (@waterlilizee) for sharing this adventure with me. The Team totally rocked the trail.

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First two days of my 2022 Great Divide Trail Secti First two days of my 2022 Great Divide Trail Section D adventure are up on the blog, see profile for link.

Day 1 was from Burgess Pass Trail head to Yoho Lake Campground. A relatively short day but a good warm up for the rest of the trip.

Big thanks to Sara (@sd_kuz) and Lillian (@waterlilizee) for sharing this adventure with me. The Team totally rocked the trail.

Photo 1 - at Burgess Pass looking at Mt Wapta

Photo 2 - Flowers, it was a great time to hike to see all the flowers in August bloom

Photo 3 - Emerald Lake from up high

Photo 4 - at Yoho Pass, did I mention the flowers

Photo 5 - Duplex tent all set up with Frosty Paws on guard, and oh ya, more flowers

Photo 6 - the north end of Wapta Mt as seen from Yoho Lake.

Super fun little day, the opening a grand adventure.

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Sound On. Video clips from my hike along th Supe Sound On. 

Video clips from my hike along th Superstion Ridgeline.

Was an epic hike, 24km from my campsite at Miners Needle to First Water Trailhead where my car was.

Wouldn't recommend doing all in one day backpacking, as the final descent down Siphon Draw Wash is brutal, but I did it in 10hrs 45min

Would love to redo th hike at some point and actaull stop and camp along the ridge.

I had enough water to stop, but I was enticed by the prospects of a beer to finish.

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Day 5 and 6 of our Green River Canoe trip from 201 Day 5 and 6 of our Green River Canoe trip from 2017 is up on Bootwreckers, see link in Bio.

The day started in the dark with a hike up to the Dollhouse to watch the sunrise.

After doing an bit of exploring including a short hike out to Beehive Arch we headed back to camp to pack up and catch the jet boat ride back to Moab.

No trip to Moab is complete without a stop at the Moab Brewery, I had a tall smooth Derailleur Ale to compliment my mushroom, Swiss bacon burger.

Once back home it was time for snuggles with the little fella who waited patently for us whole we were away. Doggie snuggles for the win!

Another epic adventure in the books.

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Just some of my favorite photos from my New Year's Just some of my favorite photos from my New Year's Arizona trip to the Superstitions

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Just a few photos from my epic 3 day hike through Just a few photos from my epic 3 day hike through Superstion Mts of Arizona. 

I think it was Plan D or maybe E. Saw photos of th Grand Canyon and many of th roads there were closed, so good choice not to go.

Day 1 - First Water TH over to Ther Battleship via many stream crossings and camp near Black Top Mesa. Due to the heavy rains, water was not an issue.

Day 2 - up past Weavers Needle and over to camp below Miners Needle

Day 3 - Epic 26 km day up on down the Superstions Ridge Trail and back to the car. This was probably the second hardest day I hav e had on trail. The trail is more "route" very ill defined for the first 2/3rds of the way. Also includes numerous down climbs, I frequently tossed my poles down 3m (10ft) of more. This is not an easy trail, and the final descent down Siphon Wash is absolutely intense. After leaving camp at 7:15am (sunrise at 7:30) I arrived at the car at 5;45pm.

Needless to say I didn't do much Friday.

Will write more later.

Thanks to my adopted trail team, James, John, Kevin and Patrick. Four Med students from UofM who allowed me to tag along as the caboose for the first two days.

Now, time to fly home.....

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Sound On! About that hike.....it is not going to Sound On!

About that hike.....it is not going to happen this year.

A winter storm has come through, bringing rain, risk of flash floods and near freezing temperatures. At the prospect of hiking two or even three days in the rain, I kept hearing this voice in my head "You know, I'm not having any fun" , spoken by @kbsymington on day two of a four day hike, I could totally see that thought passing through my head if I went ahead with the hike.

I did meet my Trail Angel Bev the Kelvin TH and the scenery was just spectacular! I could hear the desert calling me. It was simply beautiful, but Bev didn't try to talk me into going and did say when I come back I was to contact her, can't wait.

My motel manger told me to go up Hwy 60 towards Globe, AZ, and check out the Queen River Canyon just after the tunnel.

It was a lot of fun to do a little exploring and it actually confirmed I made the right decision,  I got so cold in the few minutes I was out taking photos.

As I got back to the motel I was happy to see a ray of light at the horizon, maybe the rain is going to go away.

I also discovered my getting old hiking shoes leak.....

Planning on a 4 day trip around th Superstitions starting the day after tomorrow. 

Happy trails.

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Happy New Year from Superior, Arizona. Getting re Happy New Year from Superior, Arizona.

Getting ready for 5 days on the Arizona Trail, passages 14 and 15, if the weather allows (could rain, hard, in the desert eh, who knew)

Now time for some sleep

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Day 4 on the Green River was another great day exp Day 4 on the Green River was another great day exploring canyons, hiking and of course paddling. Full summary on the website, see link in bio.

We started off the day exploring Jasper Canyon, found an amazing Anasazi house.

Then we hit the river and joined the Colorado River for the last couple of miles to our final desk at Spanish Bottom.

After dinner we took a quick hike up to Doll House, which we would revisit the next morning for sunrise.

A real mix of a day which made it a whole lotta fun.

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Day 3 of our 2017 Green River Canoe trip up on Boo Day 3 of our 2017 Green River Canoe trip up on Bootwreckers, see link in bio.

15 mile paddle from Cabin Bottom to Jasper Canyon. 

Checked out Anasazi Petroglyphs at Cabin Bottom. Stopped to explore Turks Head Bottom where there were two sets of Anasazi dwellings. 

After a good day on the river enjoyed a beer given to us by some friendly boaters. 

Finished off th evening taking some fun night time photos of the stars and the tent.

Was an amazing trip with still one more day on the river and one day exploring.

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On the river with Day of our 2017 trip down the Gr On the river with Day of our 2017 trip down the Green River, see link in bio for full summary.

Was a fantastic day with blue skies and warmer weather. We made two stops to explore Anderson Bottom and some Anasazi granaries that were located about 30ft up a cliff!

Stopped at Cabin Bottom where I dumped dinner in the sand but rescued it and got two free beers.

Finished the day off getting up at 3 am to take pictures of th Milky Way.

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Always a great day being out on the river.
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