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Condor Watching
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Mountain Tops - Pinnacles National Park
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Trail View
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Pinnacles Tunnel View
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Hit the Trail
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ACORN WOODPECKER Melanerpes formicivorus, Drinking Water at Pinnacles National Monument, California. Photo by Peter Wendelken.
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bridge to enlightenment | pinnacles national monument
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Valley view of Machete Ridge
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Balconies Cave Hike
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Nuestra Senora de la Soledad
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Mission Soledad
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Bear Gulch Reservoir
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Balconies Cave Hike
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Balconies Cave Hike
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Balconies Cave
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Balconies Cave Hike
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Balconies Cave Hike
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End of a Long Day, Start of a Late Night
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Rim Trail
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Vista View - High Peaks
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Lichen on Granite A Study in Color
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Look Back to High Peaks Trail and Bear Gultch Reservoir
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Where Condors Soars
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Machete Ridge
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Winter Vineyard
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Bear Gulch Reservoir
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Pinnacles Trail
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2007 Nov railfan trip to SLO (17)
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Machete Ridge
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I keep sliding off to the side
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Typical Pinnacles scenery
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140918 Bear Gulch Reservoir
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Pinnacle #Chris_at_PINN #PinnaclesNationalPark #NationalPark
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Hike in Pinicles National Park
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Bear Gulch Reservoir. #pinnaclesnationalpark #beargulchreservoir
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Merry Christmas everyone! _____________________________________ As we approach 2015 I want to post a series of photos showing one of my most favorite shots from each of the National Parks I visited this year. 2014 has been an amazing year and it is absolu