10-03-2021, 04:05 PM
Sunday morning was lovely so Phil and I decided to take one more final short hike around the Buttes with Dean and Dani.
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Sputnik was a trooper. He was pretty footsore after our long hike the day before, which was preceded by several other long hikes earlier in the week followed by a long ride in the trailer. He was lagging by Sunday but he still never complained.
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I got just one decent photo of Dean and Dani and their boys in front of the formations. Georgey had recovered nicely from his exhaustion the previous day.
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We did a short loop and circled back to see the morning sun reflecting off the tawny grass with the buttes still in shadow. It was a very different look from the afternoons before when the sun shone off the white rock faces.
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We explored down into the shaded valley for a closer look at the weird formations.
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Sputnik was a trooper. He was pretty footsore after our long hike the day before, which was preceded by several other long hikes earlier in the week followed by a long ride in the trailer. He was lagging by Sunday but he still never complained.
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I got just one decent photo of Dean and Dani and their boys in front of the formations. Georgey had recovered nicely from his exhaustion the previous day.
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We did a short loop and circled back to see the morning sun reflecting off the tawny grass with the buttes still in shadow. It was a very different look from the afternoons before when the sun shone off the white rock faces.
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We explored down into the shaded valley for a closer look at the weird formations.
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