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| main street, Aspen CO... |
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| you can ski here, too |
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| elk poop everywhere |
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| looking south: ajax, highlands, buttermilk |
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| susan poaching |
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| the Amana Communities: 19th cent. communitarian sect, invented amana refrigerators. no kidding. |
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| considering avocado sandwich for lunch |
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| Marshall MI |
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| Dark Horse Brew Pub |
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| the pub also runs a cycle shop |
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| Michigan hotrod |
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| our friends Gary & Cindy live in Olivet MI... |
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| with 5 dogs, an obese cat named "the babies", and 3 large boys |
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| Gary's a sculptor |
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| 8000 miles later |
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| 6:10 AM - off to Canyonlands |
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| it's a remote and lonely place |
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| kitchen, day 28 |
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| breakfast at Canyonlands |
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| we forgot tea mugs |
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| moss |
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| they're everywhere... "the mesa arch" |
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| trying to ignore the 2000' drop |
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| Sue contemplates the day's strategic footwear |
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| sunset over the Green River |
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| another cold night, on to Aspen |
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| Colorado Hotel, Glenwood Springs... |
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| ... and the springs |
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| made it to Aspen in time for sunset |
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| it was Jeep Safari week in Moab |
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| there were thousands of these |
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| ozymandias |
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| "the balancing rock" |
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| how did this fall off? |
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| a few of the 2000 arches in Arches |
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| "the double arch" |
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| moving to Reno, back of the wagon filled with plants |
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| lunch at Arches, 39 degrees |
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| sometime in the 1600's |
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| "the delicate arch" |
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| slickrock |
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| "the landscape arch" in 1991 it dropped an 180 ton slab and almost crushed a group of arch viewers |
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| the La Sal mountains hit 12,000' and are constantly visible |
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| utah juniper, ~ 500 years old |
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| the sandstone walls are decorated with patterns |
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| the "petrified dunes" |