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Cold weather, a bit of snow (finally!), and our truck still not quite ready made it a good weekend to hike locally. We revisited a few places we had not seen in a while and enjoyed our local public lands, with canyons and rock images close to home.

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We wrapped up the time @ramblinghemlock had off during the week of New Year’s with two more nights in the backcountry.

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