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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Warming Up

Sun creeping over Tortugas Mountain
27 F. when we started off this morning.  The sun and the absence of wind made it seem far warmer.  We had a slight temperature inversion, which kept dirty air close to the surface of the earth. We saw a few other hikers, but there was some type of activity at the top of the mountain; five or six trucks drove up the road while we trekked west of the mountain.
The outer loop road west of Tortugas

Keeping a watchful eye

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

You can't beat the beautiful sunny winter weather.

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