Piney Creek Trail
on the Gunnison River
Black Canyon National Park
End of September, 2013
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| L-R, Anna (10), Gabe (9), William (7), Cathy (13) |
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Check it out. This is a beautiful, easy, well groomed and maintained "Sissy Trail."
But we liked it anyway. |
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The best hiking excursions are the ones where we learn a little something... And the beauty of home schooling is
we get to do this all the time, whenever we get a wild hair. And I don't have to fill out permission slips. |
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| Looking one way. (Uh, south?) |
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| Looking the other way. (I'm guessing this is basically sorta due north...) |
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They have guided boat tours (and fishing excursions) here along the
Gunnison. I would love to do this someday.... Dan? Dan? |
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| Me. Always watchful. |
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| Cathy. Always game. |
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| Anna. Always silly. |
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Gabe. Always prepared.
(In his pack-- several bottled waters, at least one granola bar, kleenex, an empty tincture bottle in case he needs to take a sample of something to experiment on later, and -- really -- who knows what else? But we know if we need something, we ask Gabriel.) |
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| William. Always William. |
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| Gee. What do a bunch of children do to entertain themselves on the banks of a river? |
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| They throw hundreds of pounds of rocks in. At every pause on the trail, every chance they get. SPLASH!! |
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| HA! I got one in! |
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| We liked the reflection of water in this little grotto. Though the picture, as always, doesn't do it justice. |
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| silly |
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| not silly |
Great Day!
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