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Originally Posted by ChickNorris

Really lovely Hurley. Thanks for sharing those. Where were you?

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Thanks, we were at Loch Lomond.


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Are all the gates open yet? Sign says second gate opens on July 15th, but after the 15th it still wasn't open. Turning around right there with a trailer sure is awesome.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Are all the gates open yet? Sign says second gate opens on July 15th, but after the 15th it still wasn't open. Turning around right there with a trailer sure is awesome.

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Both open, in fact the first Pic with the Alpine sign was the second gate.


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Great thanks. I want to try and hike all the way up to Ice Lake sometime, if not to the divide.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Great thanks. I want to try and hike all the way up to Ice Lake sometime, if not to the divide.

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Where is ice lake?


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There are (edit) five more bodies of water above Loch Lommand and the highest and least visited is Ice Lake. I think the third one up is Steuart Lake.

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Originally Posted by Irving

There are (edit) five more bodies of water above Loch Lommand and the highest and least visited is Ice Lake. I think the third one up is Steuart Lake.

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Ahhh, for some reason I thought there were three lakes above LL, we were actually attempting the first lake above LL today, and the clouds left me uneasy so we turned back.


ETA: I'd be interested in hiking with you if our schedules aligned and you could use another person.

I also remembered only three, but I went and looked at the map for a refresher. I honestly probably won't get to it, but I'm hit you up if I do.

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

We have a little flycatcher that builds a nest under the deck above our lower patio. This year she hatched 3 little ones. We always worry because so far, every year, at least one or two fall out of the nest and die. This year all 3 made it. I was hanging a sheet over the deck railing a few days ago and saw two of the babies fly off into the trees. Went downstairs and found the 3rd sitting on the patio. When I opened the door it flew away, too. Mama is still hanging around but haven't seen the babies.

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BG, the bird may be a Cordilleran Flycatcher which nests on shelves of rock or on man made structures. It's call is a simple and distinctive whistle, whee-seet! Formerly named Western Flycatcher but split from the Pacific-slope Flycatcher some years ago. Cordilleran is a Spanish term for mountain. Another possible ledge nesting bird that might be around your place is the Say's Phoebe.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/..._Flycatcher/id

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Originally Posted by Irving

Here is a little NatureIsMetal from my own garden. I don't know what the big beetle is, but it has killed a bee and looked to be slurping directly out of the bee's head.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/IF...=w1112-h625-no

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Looks like an Assassin bug.


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