Smith Meadow Area from April 2016
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Obliviously quite easy to follow... let the shrub grow they say...
We gotz warned about the trail (which we weren't taking ... on trip down Long Gulch in early Oct)
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Last weekend Bald Mountain trail easy to follow
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Comparison of Middle Tuolumne at trail crossing from last weekend:
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And when my dingleballz got frozen crossing it in May of 2008
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Drove thru the valley via El Cap Crossover... Yowza... Valley parking full?
Loads o Dead Trees (maybe will post comparison pix) ... hopefully it quiets down
soon... Then again... we say only the hunters driving their peek-ups looking
for something to shoot along the roads...
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Have fun
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