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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jun 14 2014, 3:37pm
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Hike to Emerald Lake
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I'm always late to Fiesta; in the winter I'm teaching classes and in meetings all day on Fridays, and in the summer I have Fridays off and go hiking. So I post my hiking photos separately.
Uncle Baggins and I are particularly fat and out of shape this summer, but we did make it to Emerald Lake yesterday (only 1.6 miles each way.) There was a lot of snow; in some places it was drifted 10 and even 20 feet high. But it was melting fast and the streams were running high. We wore chains on our feet and took hiking poles, and were glad we did, but we saw folks in sneakers and even sandals slipping and sliding on the snowdrifts. The blue lake is Dream Lake, and the partially-frozen one is Emerald. Photos
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Jun 14 2014, 5:04pm
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The picture in the second line with the lake and mountains in the background, looks like the mountain puffed out a cloud. 
I am SMAUG! I kill when I wish! I am strong, strong, STRONG!
My armor is like tenfold shields! My teeth like swords! My claws, spears!
The shock of my tail, a thunderbolt! My wings, a hurricane! And my breath, death!
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Ethel Duath
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Jun 14 2014, 5:53pm
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I wants it Precious, I wants it now!!!!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jun 14 2014, 8:36pm
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It's a little Canon Power Shot ELPH 115 IS
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It was given to me by my school in acknowledgement of the 30 years I've been there. It has an 8x optical zoom, and is small enough I keep it in my purse. I really love it.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories
leleni at hotmail dot com
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jun 14 2014, 8:38pm
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Ha ha! Flattop has somehow become a volcano... //
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories
leleni at hotmail dot com
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Jun 14 2014, 10:23pm
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My little camera recently succumbed to beach sand and high humidity, and has a major scratch on the lens. I'm in the market for a new one.
I am SMAUG! I kill when I wish! I am strong, strong, STRONG!
My armor is like tenfold shields! My teeth like swords! My claws, spears!
The shock of my tail, a thunderbolt! My wings, a hurricane! And my breath, death!
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dernwyn
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Jun 16 2014, 12:21am
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Are those stairsteps, or logs along that edge
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of the rock? They look so smooth!
What great hiking weather - shortsleeves and snow!  You must have been surrounded with the sound of melting water.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jun 16 2014, 11:48am
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They are stairsteps made out of logs. In the old days the path was a scramble over rocks, so the stairs are a big improvement.
Yep, there was rushing water everywhere. There's been some local flooding down here on the plains; we got a notice at work that Purchasing wasn't getting any deliveries from UPS because the UPS office was flooded. Two fishermen drowned in the rushing water a couple of weeks ago. A woman on the trail asked us if all that rushing water was coming just from melting snow. We said yes, and I was thinking later that pretty much all the water in the reservoirs, all the water we drink and use, comes from melting snow. Only a small fraction comes from rain.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories
leleni at hotmail dot com
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