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Here is
Mudgy on her very first backpacking trip (which ended badly, we had to
come home, because Mudgy freaked out). This is an old tipped over
windmill. |
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Mudgy near
an old cattle fence. |
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Mudgy in an
old cattle waterin' hole. |
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This is a
poem written on an old water tank by an old cowboy (in 1972, I think).
Here is the text: He heard old voices
and he heard hoofs beat Songs that were gay to time of ?assuming? feet bent back streightened dim eyes grown brite as they last rode on into the nite as they top, out, that great devide He wore with every scar honer at eventide |
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Mudge on a
cairn. |
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Button is
pumping iron. |
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Pull,
Button, PULL! |
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It's a
wonder that shelf didn't collapse! |
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Poor shelf. |
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Get off the
shelf already! |
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Rediculous
girls! |
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OK, enough
with the shelf. |
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This is
Bippy-Bunny. |
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Hippity-Hop-Bop-Pop. |
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A bunny and
a vampire? |
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This is
wierd. |
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Now we have
an angel too? |
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Late one
night, a Caddy rear-ended Dan the Van (which was parked). This is what
happened to the Caddy. |
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And this is
what happened to Dan the Van (note the bent bumper, but that was all). |
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This is a
water collection device (called a "gusher"), out in the middle of the
desert, in North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness Area. |
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Climbing on
rocks. |
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Climb,
climb, blah, blah. |
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Finally, at
the top. |
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Kids by an
old, broken down cattle fence. |
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Meg on a
hike. |
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Nights ar
cold in the desert. |
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Campfire! |
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Mudgy! |
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Looks like
JT was with us this time. |
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'Round the
fire. |
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Mooms. |
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I thought
that I told myself not to take sideways pictures... |
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Dogs
a-fightin'. |
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Climbin' up
a mountain. |
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Blossoming
pincushion cactus. |
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Looking
over the valley. |
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Here are a
few kids. |
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This is a
picture of dirt. Nice dirt, huh? |
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Stick bug
on hand. |
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Sissy is
pooped. |
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So is Boo! |