Ted's Hiking World Azalea & Flora Lakes
Donner Summit

July 29, 2016

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Getting started at the Donner Summit Rest Area

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Always a pleasure to be here

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On the trail

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Azalea Lake

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Alpine Lily
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Penstemon

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Walt and Carrie

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Flora Lake

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A lone duck

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Donner Lake, and a big smudge on the camera lens

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This special tree lives on

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Our stopping place

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The woman across the way

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It could be a Canvasback, as Walt suggested

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Daffy dike

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Great grouping

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Last view of Flora Lake

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Group Shot #1

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Group Shot #2

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Pinedrops

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Detouring into the garden

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Meadow Sweet
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Garden variety

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Paintbrush
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Gooseberries

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Fireweed
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Ragwort

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Returning from the garden

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How did those rushes get out there?

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End of the line

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Note: there once was a shortcut between the tunnel and the parking lot

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