Escalante National Monument

Bachelor Party 2010

In Dixie National Forest

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Sean bought an unnaturally fruity drink. With his shoes untied...

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First Morning

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Starting out towards the slot canyon.

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Found a start....

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but perhaps not for us...

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We all really wished that the curled up mud was actually chocolate. No reason really why it could not have been...

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Action shots

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Somehow I missed the part were he fell in after having made it all the way across...

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The fast route

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ha ha, now stop taking pictures and get me out of here

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Took one in the toe coming across

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Sean had a lot of extra energy and kept running all over the place

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The four of us heard a group coming and figured the easiest way to let them pass was uder us...

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exfoliant

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Lone dirt bike rider

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Steak, veggies and bourbon for dinner. Hit the spot.

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Everyone sleeping soundly in the moonlight

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Backwards Rainbow?

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Starting down towards the river. THe dark mesa nob in roughly the center of the picture is where we are headed.

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Amazing to see this much green life in the desert!

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The start of the foot spa

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Sean's feet have never been better after spending some quality time in the mud.

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I'm pretty sure Sean is level 6 in this picture

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About the time things really got started for me

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Wondering about the weather

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Sean rolled a successful awareness test and noticed that the clouds had a strange reddish relfection

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Neon Canyon

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Neon Canyon

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Neon Canyon

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Neon Canyon

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Neon Canyon

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Neon Canyon

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Neon Canyon

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Neon Canyon

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Neon Canyon

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Neon Canyon

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Sean popping Zack and My back

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Neon Canyon

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Neon Canyon

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Neon Canyon

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Neon Canyon

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Ready to head back up the river

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Never before have I seen such an obvious example of seed dispersal

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The mesa I mentioned at the start of the hike

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Back at the BIlly Goat

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Team White

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