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Heading back to the cars, with views of flat-topped Lookout Mountain
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Queen's Crownp
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King's Crown
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Pretty Jacob's Ladder
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Mountain Bluebells (Chiming Bells)
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Chiming Bells along our route
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Starting our return through the wildflowers
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Crater Lake, reflecting the San Juan Mountains
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Clouds gathering over the peaks as we approach Crater Lake. Lots of prolific wildflowers along the trail!
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Lisa giving Sue a hand with Keetna on our one significant stream crossing
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Hiking through lush meadows filled with wildflowers
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Sue and Keetna crossing a stream on the way down
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The groups is contemplating the route, while Keetna just says "let's go"
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Panorama of the valley above Crater Lake
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A marmot posing on a boulder
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Having topped out at about 12,200 ft, we start down the otehr side towards Crater Lake
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Chris and Bill surveying Long Trek Peak
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Flowers along the trail as we climbed towards the Continental Divide
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On the lower part of the ridge, lush vegetation up to head high. About this point we started to get a light rain, which intensified at the trailhead; creating an "interesting" muddy drive home
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Orange Sneezeweed
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Leafy Jacob's Ladder
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Green Gentian, maybpe five feet tall, one of the more impressive flowers along the trail
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Wild rose