Baldy Town 2007
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Getting Ready to go into the Backcountry
Looking up to Baldy Mountain
Looking back into the valley from Baldy Town
Rachel working in the Trading Post in Baldy Town
Adam, Rachel and Holly preparing dinner
Foundation of the Baldy Town Hotel
Foundation of one of the homes
The rangers' horses
Mark Anderson visiting with the Baldy Town staff
A crew is resting before hiking to their campsites, Craig is teaching the geology of Philmont to them
Smile, Base, a storm's coming in and the temperature's dropping fast
Mark Anderson's truck coming from Ute Meadow
His headlights light up the road
The Hail, Slush and Lightning Storm Hit
Believe it or not, the storm is on top of us and we can still see the red moon in the East
It is pitch black out
Unless the lightning strikes
It's getting harder to see the moon as the storm heads east toward base camp
Look hard, you can just barely see the moon
Mark Anderson decides to drive out anyway
Rachel, Base and Holly enjoying Nature's Show
The Next Day
Terry forgot to zip her window and her sleeping bag became soaked so we had to sleep in the assay's office.
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Craig and Adam repairing the water hose to water the horses with clamps and duct tape. It was ice cold work
Hail damaged mushroom with a bug on top
Craig standing in the hail and next to an old engine
An old abandoned car
Baldy Mountain
Terry in front of Baldy Mountain
Each crew that came through had a geology lesson while they rested
Homemade blueberry pie
Homemade apple and cherry pie, too
The kitchen complete with propane appliances
The assay's office and museum
We slept here on the floor our first night
An old miner's cabin
Pilot to Bombardier
Bear skat
Craig pointing out the actual contact between the Cretaceous Pierre Shale and the igneous intrusion
Another crew, another map to read, this one a seismic map
The end of the day
Our Hike up to the Top of Baldy Mountain
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Looking towards Angel Fire, still pretty clear
Trail to the top, we're hitting timberline
Another old miner's cabin
You can see Baldy Town
Almost to the top of Baldy
Looking towards Angel Fire, storm is coming in
Storm rolling in on top of Baldy
Looking towards Touch-Me-Not peak
Looking east
Looking west
Looking north
That's not rain, it's hail and slush coming down
A little break in the weather
Terry catching her breath
Switching to the 300mm lens to try it out
Road up to Baldy Town
Wilson Mesa
Looking south
Road to Baldy Town, one of Philmont's big vehicles can be seen on it
Mount Phillp
Tooth of Time
Spanish Peak Volcanoes in Colorado
Craig on top of Baldy Mountain
Can you see both of the dikes?
One of my favorite pictures, Craig on top of the world
Wilson Mesa
One last look at Baldy while hiking down
Craig watching the deer on the trail
The deer on the trail
It was amazing how red the moon glowed
Same moon, same time, different exposure
Our Last Morning at Baldy Town
Baldy Mountain with our tent in the foreground
Too early to see any hikers on Baldy
Adam was the Camp Director
Morning haze made for some nice pictures, the Tooth of Time
Playing with the exposure, that's our tent
Craig and Dave Kerchner giving more geology talks
Getting ready to head back to base camp
Have a great summer, Base
It's time to high-tail it home
Back at base camp
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