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Chevelon Canyon Backpack Trip
September 2005
Our first backpack trip of the year is to beautiful Chevelon Canyon.
Ryan, Bill, Mike, Matt, Mark, Connor, Tom, Blazer, Spencer, Ian, Richard, Debi, Greg, Nico, Tim, Augie, Larry. | |
Blaze and Ryan cook chorizo and egg burritos for the group before we hike down.
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Brent and Dillon head down into the canyon as soon as the sun is up to start fishing
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 | Let's hope no one answers Spencer's elk call! |
This looks like a good place to set up camp - right in the middle of a patch of poison ivy..
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Ian teaches Blaze how to hang his food to protect it from critters like bears, squirrels, raccoons, and Luke Slade. |
| Look guys, I can make a puppet out of my stuff sack! |
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Augie works on algebra homework while Spencer stays nearby just in case he needs any tutoring help - or in case Spence needs a nap! |
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Connor and Matt decide the creek is the perfect place to hang out all day.
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 | Hey, if we catch another 200 of these, we'll have enough for dinner!
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Nico, maybe it's not such a great idea to store your crawdads in your pocket.. |
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And the fishing begins - Tom catches a big trout! |
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Rich and Larry find a great pool farther upstream.
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| Debi finds a great place for a nap - somebody's been practicing their pioneering skills here! |
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 | I'm not leaving until I catch a bigger fish than Tom did! |
| Of course Brent wins the fishing contest with his 21-inch trout.. |  |
Chef Richard wins the bakeoff with this three-layer German chocolate cake with custard filling - wow! And Spencer wins the good deed award by surprising everyone with a gallon of milk he carried in and kept cold all day!
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The Scouts perform skits and jokes and we all sing happy birthday to Larry.
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| Wake up, Spencer and Augie, we know you're in there somewhere.. |
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We begin the hike out after breakfast - and it's all uphill..
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