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    Here's something a little different: 3 short videos of the mountain road that we navigated to reach our hike yesterday. The first two show the view on the way to the trailhead, while the third is on the way back. The one-way journey takes about 20 minutes from the main road.

    Enjoy. But not for the faint-hearted!!

    https://avalonlibrary.net/Bill/mount...8_Jan_2026.mp4
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    One we got there, it was quiet and beautiful. We lost the sun after an hour, but here's a nice photo of the first water we got to, high on the mountainside overlooking the clouds, which Mara was happy to find after a hot 1000 ft climb.

    (high-resolution photo shrunk to fit the page... just open in a new tab to see all the detail.)



    This high valley is extremely interesting, as there's an ancient stone circle there, 100% man-made, exactly like the ones in South-West England and the North of France:



    ... and finally, another shot of the stone circle, complete with horses, which seem to like it there.


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    Default Re: Mara returns to the Mountains

    Some more trivia, to lighten the geopolitical mood.

    Another ascent of Cerro Amarillo yesterday. The first photo shows Mara half way up, happily enjoying the only water on the mountain, and the second is us at the top, now in thick cloud. (Our timing was perfect. It started raining heavily just minutes later, and we descended to the trailhead as fast as we could to warm up and dry off back home.)

    The images are quite high quality, reduced to fit the page width. Just open in a new window to see the detail. (If you like! )




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    Not quite a "Beautiful Nature Picture" (see this gorgeous thread of prize-winning images!), but it's really quite a nice photo by my modest standards. (Very high resolution, resized to fit the page. Open in a new window to see it at full size.)

    This is sunrise over Cerro Amarillo, taken at 7:30 am. Right now the heavy rain only kicks in there mid-morning, and the earlier we can get there the more fresh, bright and beautiful it is. Cerro Amarillo (which we climb quite regularly now, see the post just above) is the high peak on the right.

    Mara is in the center of the panorama. I swear she also somehow admires the view.


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    Default Re: Mara returns to the Mountains

    I always love it when the lights show up to play in the photos like this. It is a stunning vision-and-view -and near to like you two are being visited.
    "Love is what is left when you let go of everything you no longer need." —Raj

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    Default Re: Mara returns to the Mountains

    Quote Posted by Casey Claar (here)
    I always love it when the lights show up to play in the photos like this. It is a stunning vision-and-view -and near to like you two are being visited.
    Early this morning, some more light and magic.

    Dawn silhouette of the mountain skyline:



    Mara under the sunrise:



    (and a couple hours later, lower down) ... a large group of llamas and alpacas:


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