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I will be posting pics of all of these adventures over the next few days. ENJOY!<br />
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Clean sites. <br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4ohGT7E1RPc/Tf-ROvsp-WI/AAAAAAABOCA/S_u4Gru0uF0/s1600/IMG_00250.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4ohGT7E1RPc/Tf-ROvsp-WI/AAAAAAABOCA/S_u4Gru0uF0/s320/IMG_00250.jpg" /></a>Raven & I love the Aspen!!<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f4mhmmru624/Tf95uvNR4II/AAAAAAABN_4/ywMvhgfGteQ/s1600/IMG_00200.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f4mhmmru624/Tf95uvNR4II/AAAAAAABN_4/ywMvhgfGteQ/s320/IMG_00200.jpg" /></a> This is our guide, Alex, making lunch for us. I told him that it felt really weird, him cutting up all the veggies and setting up for the lunch. We all agreed. He was great, the lunch was good. Everyone was happy.<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VNel_LFL8ho/Tf95vRN6d7I/AAAAAAABOAA/CwkHKJ4GOw8/s1600/IMG_00202.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VNel_LFL8ho/Tf95vRN6d7I/AAAAAAABOAA/CwkHKJ4GOw8/s320/IMG_00202.jpg" /></a>We were busy filling up for the race course. A fun rapid-filled afternoon ahead!<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DMk2vW8H95E/Tf92u0B5FpI/AAAAAAABN_M/HPXqgj01c3s/s1600/IMG_00191.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DMk2vW8H95E/Tf92u0B5FpI/AAAAAAABN_M/HPXqgj01c3s/s320/IMG_00191.jpg" /></a> Morning part of the day. Calm waters. Moved us along with some paddling.<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ua21gL5KXts/Tf92wEsMfoI/AAAAAAABN_c/eJkS1xjFVsk/s1600/IMG_00194.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ua21gL5KXts/Tf92wEsMfoI/AAAAAAABN_c/eJkS1xjFVsk/s320/IMG_00194.jpg" /></a> Our guide Alex of Native Sons Adventures was great! He took this pic of us before we got out of the canyon area. He was a great guide - we'd recommend him & <a href="http://www.nativesonsadventures.com/">Native Son's Adventures</a> any day.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PE4rD9ykJGxGYUB6jQsX-AZQ1oS8EYp0b8vJxtQgq5_9W-HzBWBEe3F1zPluHFIDHKQBLgAsT1qMBWEoxsGmm5PGbN2QlEcn1s7si-6JF0Y1Bps4bD0W_JcDmzOUdJjvTh3juH7sgukh/s1600/IMG_00181.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PE4rD9ykJGxGYUB6jQsX-AZQ1oS8EYp0b8vJxtQgq5_9W-HzBWBEe3F1zPluHFIDHKQBLgAsT1qMBWEoxsGmm5PGbN2QlEcn1s7si-6JF0Y1Bps4bD0W_JcDmzOUdJjvTh3juH7sgukh/s320/IMG_00181.jpg" /></a> Where you see all of those tents - it was a Boy Scout Troop in the group camp site. A nice pavillion area.<br />
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I am sure pics of the viking in a kit on skis (JB) have shown up elsewhere taken by others on the mountain this day, but he belongs to us.<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qXCoUxTmSIc/Tf_ttk7jI7I/AAAAAAABOGM/4NayjhkHWv8/s1600/P3150173.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qXCoUxTmSIc/Tf_ttk7jI7I/AAAAAAABOGM/4NayjhkHWv8/s320/P3150173.JPG" /></a> Winter camping at Sipapu to ski for spring break was great. With JB being 40 & Luke in the 4th grade - we couldn't have done much better!!<br />
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The above stance has officially been dubbed "You Don't Know Me".<br />
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JB's group won the international dodge ball tourney of 2011 if not for the ringers from ESRI mobile development team.<br />
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We had pictures made last weekend and this is what we all look like when we are all cleaned up and lookin' nice. <br />
Go Figure!<br />
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Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit. <a href="http://www.nps.gov/gosp/index.htm">Golden Spike</a> National Historic Site commemorates this nation's first transcontinental railroad.<br />
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We hiked across the lava flow and went into the lava tubes and caves. Luke's favorite is the "Boy Scout" cave. <a href="http://www.nps.gov/crmo/index.htm">Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve</a> in Idaho was a great experience.<br />
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This the Roosevelt Arch at the north entrance of the park at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/parks/yellowstone/">Yellowstone National Park</a>.<br />
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