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| My new rescue, and my forever girl, I'm keeping her. Her name is Kei. Her car harness is on the way. |
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| Happy hiker, Jeep, Phinn and Kei. We hiked Madera Canyon's Elephant Head Trail. |
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| Me with Kei. |
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| A view of Elephant Head from the trail. |
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| Berries, I'm not sure what these are called. |
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| Kei. |
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| We've had some rain, and everything is green and pretty. |
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| Pretty little flowers. |
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| We finally have cooler weather under 100 F degrees. |
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| Deer. |
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| Kei. |
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| Happy hiker. |
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| Me with Kei. |
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| Phinn. |
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| A view of Elephant Head. |
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| Me with Kei and Phinn. |
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| Happy hiker, happy dogs, and a view of Elephant Head. |
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| So, I wandered off trail, and turned around to go back to the trail. I couldn't find it :( |
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| Taking pictures of pretty things while wandering in the desert. |
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| Phinn. |
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| Wandering in the general direction that should take us back to where the Jeep is parked. |
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| Looking West to the setting sun. |
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| All glowing in the light from the setting sun. |
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| Me, Kei and Phinn. Mt. Wrightson is behind me, its peak is 9.456' elevation. |
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| Fluffy butt walking in the grass. Can you see the trail? I can't either. |
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| As the sun began to set, we knew generally which way our vehicle was parked but didn't feel confident about being off-trail. We decided to ask for guidance down the mountain and called 911. |
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| We followed instructions and stayed where we were. In the night sky, is an airplane that circled above us in communication with the local Sheriff Deputies. |
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| One of these Deputies hiked off-trail, directly uphill, about 1-1/2 miles to where we were and walked down with us. I have some daytime emergency items in my pack, but no flashlight. I'm adding a flashlight to my pack and investing in a PLB (personal locator beacon). While this event was minor, I hike with my dog(s) alone a lot, this was a wake-up call to do things a little differently. |
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