Mingus Mountain Jun 08

P6262550   MINGUS MOUNTAIN Standing on the hang glider launch ramp P6262551   This is where you jump off... P6262552   ...to fly to Clarkdale or Cottonwood P6262553
P6262554 P6262555 P6262556 P6262557   GPS shows us the trails at Mingus summit
P6262558 P6262559 P6262560 P6262561   Looking in the direction of Jerome
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P6262566 P6262567 P6262568   A large alligator juniper P6262569
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P6262581 P6262582 P6262583 P6262584   Pointing out more spectacular views
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P6262591 P6262594   Tiny orange ladybugs swarm on warm rocks P6262595   An old USGS survey benchmark P6262596   Penstemon in bloom
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P6262603   Fungus bracts on a tree trunk P6262604 P6262605 P6262607
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P6262617 P6262618 P6262621 P6262623   Jerome
P6262624   Clarkdale P6262625 P6262626 P6262627
P6262628 P6262630   It's not monsoon yet, but humid air is sweeping in from the Pacific P6262631 P6262632
P6262633 P6262634   Very tiny flowers P6262635 P6262636   An agave
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P6262642 P6262643   On the way home, we stop at Haunted Hamburger in Jerome P6262644 P6262646
P6262647 P6262648   It features deck dining P6262649   The stairs to the lower level, where we parked P6262650
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