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This one is
priceless!
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Here is one
of the great deceptions of the century. Opa is at a computer, and he
looks like he knows what he is doing!
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This is at
Canyon Lake. We went there with Opa and Oma. We didn't plan to get wet,
but alas, see below.
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So it
begins. We have a long drive back, and it looks like it will be a wet
drive.
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Looks like
Button-boy didn't even bother to roll up his pants.
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Splish-splash,
I was takin' a bath...
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Yes, Jacob,
you really are all wet.
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And
apparently, this does not at all displease him.
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At least I
can remain calm and dry.
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Pretty
scenery, no?
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I'm
starting to run out of things to say here.
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Still at
the lake, kids still wet...
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Well, at
least we are all out of the water.
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Here is a
picture of those present who have at least some Holston blood in their
viens (in other words, I was taking the picture).
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Here we are
in Tortilla Flat, a little tourist trap ghost town sort of place not
far from Canyon Lake.
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I finally
have my face where it belongs.
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Looks like
Button wants in on the fun.
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A chip off
the ol' block...
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Hangin' by
the out-house.
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Get ready
for a lot of desert pictures. These were all taken in North Maricopa
Mountains Wilderness Area. I went out a day early and did a long hike,
the flowers were amazing, so I took lots of pictures.
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Yellow
flowers, yellow flowers.
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This is a
many headed barrel cactus, and it's even in bloom.
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Growing
right out of a rock -- amazing!
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This is
almost on top of a group of mountains.
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And the
view from the top.
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I thought
that this was pretty.
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This is an
ocotilla bush. It gets green when it rains, and otherwise looks very
dead.
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This one
didn't make it.
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This is a
pincushion cactus.
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One of the
many little hidden valleys in the wilderness area.
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OK. The
family has joined me now, and here we are, climbing up a mountain.
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Climb,
climb, up sunshine mountain...
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and take
lots and lots and lots of pictures.
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Up, up, and
away..
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Is the last
silly climbing a mountain picture?
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Here we are
on a hike. This was a good resting spot.
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Megan,
having a rest.
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Pa, having
a rest.
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The girls
have found a fort.
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Nettie has
found a flower patch.
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Nettie put
me in a flower patch and took a picture.
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Took two
pictures, I guess.
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This is an
interesting thing. The thick part is a parasitic plant that grows on
the tree.
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Here's the
campsite.
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Some
flowers that the girls picked.
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Our family,
in the desert.
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One more,
in case the previous picture didn't turn out.
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The kids,
with Grandpa and Grandma, in the desert.
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That ugly
stuff just had to come off of that wall (the stuff underneath was even
worse -- what were they thinking?).
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I have no
idea why this picture was taken.
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Gettin'
ready to paint.
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Still gettin'
ready to paint.
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Have I seen
this picture before?
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It really
was an awful lot of effort to move that weight machine out there. The
whole thing had to be taken apart.
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This is a
blurry picture. Don't bother.
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Not only is
this a dark picture, but it makes no sense.
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Not sure
what we were getting at with this picture either.
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OK. So we
have stuff.
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This would
be a wall.
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