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| Tough hikers
- These photos are for Don and Roger. Their friendship and love
of the outdoors is still going strong after many years. Going
up, I met them at the second bridge. Hiking alone can become
boring, so it is nice to meet friendly hikers. We talked for
a few minutes, estimated how many miles farther to lake, and
then I moved on ahead of them. They were so close to the lake
before they turned back. Since Montana has a grizzly population
and I was hiking solo, I asked them to make sure I made it back
to the campgrounds. Back at the campground, I told them about
my website and that I would put photos of Otokomi Lake on the
web for them. |
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you see shale beds and flowers, you're close to the lake |
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large photo (high quality), click on the picture. |
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Waterfall seen one-third up on the trail |
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Hardy flowers hang on with shallow roots (2 in) in a shale rock bed. |
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Three differnt species |
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Notice the green ledge with a small waterfall trickling over it. |
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Otokomi Lake - The reward for 5 miles |
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Again, the ledge with the waterfall can be seen. You can't see the lake until you are really close. |
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Hill hiding Otokomi Lake |
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I was alone at the top. To hide from mosquitoes, I went swimming in the frigid Otokomi Lake. |
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Sefl portrait - camera held by a small pine tree |
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You know you're close ( 1/2 mi) when the trail is out of the trees, and onto a shale bed. |
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View looking back |
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They almost made it and I admire them for being hardcore hikers. At the Rising Sun campgrounds, I invited them over for s'mores. |
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Roger and Don - met them on the trail |
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