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<\/p>\nOn the third day, we were in no hurry to leave, so we left the tent up and went exploring again. I took Sonja and Leilani back up the rocks I had found the day before. We all had lots of fun climbing around:
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It looks like you could climb straight up the rock, but we had to find easier was around. From below:
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And from above, looking back down on Stanislaus Meadow:
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But there were places where it was safe to climb up the rocks, which Leilani loves to do. I need to take her to the climbing gym this year:
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And we found a lot more flowers. With the late snow melt, there was still plenty of water and the days were getting very warm. Sonja was delighted by this field of Golden Brodiaea:
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Groundsel, which Andy calls LYF (little yellow flower):
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A bright Penstemon:
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Pussypaws:
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And some sort of shimmery rock:
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We stopped to play in the snow for a while. Andy made the snowmen, and Leilani put the decorations on them:
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This is the top of the big rock I saw the previous day. I has erratic boulders left by the glaciers, and a stripe of white granite. This stripe is much harder and you can still feel the glacial polish on it:
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