Yesterday after church and a riverside breakfast, we headed out to hike Mt. Washburn. The first half of the hike is a 3 mile climb to the summit of the mountain to a fire watch tower. From there you can see pretty much the entire rim of the caldera. The view is incredible, it even looks over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
On our way back down, we came across an extremely cute marmot. We have a track record with friendly marmots, but this one saw us and then leisurely sprawled out across his rock and watched us walk past. It was kind of unreal.
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| Marmot notices us, no big deal |
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| Marmot lays down and relaxes |
Last night we camped out at a campground just up the hill from our dorm to have a fire, watch the sunset and stargaze. An awesome end to an awesome day.
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| I'm protecting the campsite with my marshmallow cooking stick |
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| sunset and the moon appearing above the mountains |
This morning we tried our hand at panning for gold. It was a lot less relaxing than I expected and the water was freezing! We were digging and sifting for relief from our student loans and possibly a higher wedding/travel budget, but I think the picture accurately demonstrates the value of our findings. We had a blast regardless.
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| we aren't even 100% that it's all gold |
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