Blue Range Wilderness Area Backpacking Trip 2004: Day 4

Added 11 September 2004


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A HUGE cottonwood tree along the Blue RiverThe Blue River near XXX Ranch.In the morning we packed our gear up and started the hike back home. We kept up a pretty good pace, but were constantly harassed by thick vegetation and stream crossings too deep to keep our feet dry. We made it back to the trailhead at around noon, where we took some time to bathe in the creek before starting the five hour drive home. We then regretfully left the Blue River behind us, yet still enjoyed the drive out. As all of them had been, it was another beautiful day in the Blue Range.

A pair of vultures survey the land from a rocky vantage point.  Unfortunately they flew just as I got Big Bertha out (my new 170-500mm zoom lens). These little yellow wildflowers were thick as carpet in many places along the roadside.


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