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This years summer vacation

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  • bachophileB Offline
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    bachophile
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    #23

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    Yosemite falls

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    El Capitan

    Gives new meaning to Alex Honold’s free solo climb

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    • bachophileB Offline
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      bachophile
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      #24

      Still waiting if someone can give me a snake ID

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      • bachophileB bachophile

        Still waiting if someone can give me a snake ID

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        Renauda
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        #25

        @bachophile

        To me it looks like a gopher snake. Non venomous. Fairly common here in southern Alberta around Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. Often mistaken for a rattler.

        Elbows up!

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          #26

          Today was sequoia national forest day.

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          I bet u didn’t know that sequoia has 5 vowels

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          • LuFins DadL Offline
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            LuFins Dad
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            #27

            Beautiful.

            The Brad

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              jon-nyc
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              #28

              Nice. I considered making my way there in August, it would even give me an excuse to get some meth in Bakersfield, but decided against it. We will see some Redwoods somewhere.

              Only non-witches get due process.

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              • bachophileB Offline
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                #29

                Coming to you from Mexican Hat Utah

                This is the view from the motel room overlooking the San Juan River just outside of monument valley

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                Thats monument valley, recognize the scene from Forest Gump?

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                Glen canyon dam

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                And downstream from the dam, the Colorado eventually feeding into the Grand Canyon

                Tomorrow into the Rockies and Colorado.

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                  Better dam pictures. Damn it’s nice.

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                  • JollyJ Offline
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                    Jolly
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                    #31

                    Don't know how I missed this. Great pictures!

                    And yeah, that's a rattler. They ain't bad fried.

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    • JollyJ Jolly

                      Don't know how I missed this. Great pictures!

                      And yeah, that's a rattler. They ain't bad fried.

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                      LuFins Dad
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                      #32

                      @Jolly said in This years summer vacation:

                      Don't know how I missed this. Great pictures!

                      And yeah, that's a rattler. They ain't bad fried.

                      Nahhh, I’m with Renauda. That’s a gopher snake. Rattler’s heads are particularly arrow shaped. The teeth and venom glands are exaggerated more than most other vipers.. And are diamonds more than striped in patterns..

                      The Brad

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                      • George KG Offline
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                        George K
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                        #33

                        I love travel photos. Thanks for continuing with this.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • MikM Away
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                          Mik
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                          Yes indeed. Aren’t the redwoods in Sequoia and Kings Canyon spectacular?

                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            Yes, nice pictures. You could see most of that on Google Earth, but it's not the same as knowing the photographer.

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                            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                              @Jolly said in This years summer vacation:

                              Don't know how I missed this. Great pictures!

                              And yeah, that's a rattler. They ain't bad fried.

                              Nahhh, I’m with Renauda. That’s a gopher snake. Rattler’s heads are particularly arrow shaped. The teeth and venom glands are exaggerated more than most other vipers.. And are diamonds more than striped in patterns..

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                              Jolly
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                              #36

                              @LuFins-Dad said in This years summer vacation:

                              @Jolly said in This years summer vacation:

                              Don't know how I missed this. Great pictures!

                              And yeah, that's a rattler. They ain't bad fried.

                              Nahhh, I’m with Renauda. That’s a gopher snake. Rattler’s heads are particularly arrow shaped. The teeth and venom glands are exaggerated more than most other vipers.. And are diamonds more than striped in patterns..

                              Isn't that a dozen rattles on the tail?

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                blondie
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                                #37

                                Really nice pics. Please post more!
                                Oh, and definitely a rattlesnake. It has a rattle. And that’s the 1st defining feature with your pic. Gopher snakes (aka bull snakes) don’t have rattles on their tails. Their tails taper to a point. I’m more familiar with prairie rattlers. They aren’t as pretty as the ones down south.

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                                  Horace
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                                  Beautiful pics! I hope you enjoy yourself. I remember those sequoias from our camping trip around there a few years ago. Don’t hike to exhaustion like we did.

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                  • B blondie

                                    Really nice pics. Please post more!
                                    Oh, and definitely a rattlesnake. It has a rattle. And that’s the 1st defining feature with your pic. Gopher snakes (aka bull snakes) don’t have rattles on their tails. Their tails taper to a point. I’m more familiar with prairie rattlers. They aren’t as pretty as the ones down south.

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                                    Renauda
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                                    #39

                                    @blondie & @bachophile

                                    I have sent a copy of the snake photos to someone in Calgary who ought to be able to identify that snake with high certainty. Hopefully he is not out in the wilds right now and can get back to me soon.

                                    Elbows up!

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                                      Doctor Phibes
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                                      #40

                                      Great photos, Mr. B.

                                      There's nothing like the US for just jaw-dropping canyons and what-not. We went to the Grand Canyon and Sedona a couple of years ago, and I was really just struck dumb by the experience. I'm hoping it's reversible.

                                      I was only joking

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                                      • MikM Away
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                                        Mik
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                                        #41

                                        I haven’t noticed any further deterioration, Phibes. Wasn’t a lot of room for it anyway

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                          Renauda
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                                          #42

                                          @bachophile & @blondie

                                          My contact in Calgary got back to me and said that it was a beautiful example of a Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus helleri )

                                          What really impressed him was the perfect condition of his tail for a snake that has undergone twelve sheddings.

                                          Good call blondie.

                                          Elbows up!

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