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Haunted Canyon Backpack Trip
October 2008

Haunted Canyon
Here we are in the Superstition Mountains in Haunted Canyon -- right before Halloween!! The brave Scouts on this trip are:
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And we're off with JD leading us into the canyon
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That last bit sure didn't seem very flat..
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Connor battles a ghost with his shovel
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okay, who gets the cabin tonight? who dares?? |

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JD knows that water boils faster when you watch it
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This is how we make apple cobbler on a backpack trip..
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Mr. Frantz sautees some salmon..I'm eating with him tonight!
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| Hey Jude, what are you having for dinner?? |
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This is Mrs. Moreash's supper, a baked desert papaya |
Ryan decides his appler cobbler would be better if it was -- upside down!
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Saved!
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Tell us some ghost stories, we want to be SCARED tonight
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Blake and Mr. Pendleton
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Jude and Mr. Haycraft
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Connor and Mr. McCormick
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Mr. Mikac lived through his night in the cabin and is still smiling!
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Ryan and Mr. Kiefer
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Michael and Mr. Moorehead

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The scariest thing in Haunted Canyon..
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Mr. Frantz and Alex
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And we hike back out, half of us decide to fight the acacia and go out the north trail, the other half take the longer, but much more scenic creekside trail
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Fall colors
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Break time
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Mr. Frantz finds the home of the ghost bear of Haunted Canyon
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Classy trail marker
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The not so flat part of this hike
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but at least there is no acacia on this trail! I used up all my bandaids yesterday
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The final stretch!
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We're waiting for the rest of our group and we are HUNGRY!!
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Hey, Jude, you did great!!!
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This is our favorite part of the hike!!

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Get your paws off my Number 1
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Okay, we're smiling, go away so we can eat!!

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| Thank you to our trip leaders, Deb Moreash and friends (the blind cannibal miner ghosts) |
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