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Once you get into the canyon, the trail is marked by this sign, and some
smaller BLM-type OHV signs, making it easy to follow
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It's steeper than it looks, and a bit washed out, but no trouble for an
ATV
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Lots of geology all around
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Not exactly the kind of road Mom would feel safe driving on in her Omni.
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Ooooooh!
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These large rocks look more magnificent when you don't have to stare into
the sun to take a picture of them
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Up and down, up and down
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A fire tore through here some years back and many trees are burned
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It's ok to stop and smell the flowers once in a while- just don't put
yer schnozz too close.
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If you look hard enough, you can find an outhouse still standing
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Screw around too much and you find yourself riding home in the dark. oops.
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Luis waits patiently and takes a picture while I labor to clear the trail
on the Bradshaw Mine Loop of Death
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I don't always walk like that- moving another tree out of the way for
future generations of trail riders. Taken on the Bradshaw Mine Loop of
Death
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Suddenly, there, in the distance, like a great iron monarch of the mountains
sitting on his throne of stone, lay the Steam Shovel.
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Closer to the throne
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It's not as majestic close up, but still cool
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Let's try for total overexposure!
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This is the little engine that starts the big engine
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Engine ID plate reveals this baby is capable of putting out a whopping
66 sea-level ponies!
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Yer gonna have to read the manual before you start yanking levers on this
baby
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Working those 66 ponies creates hot ponies- this cools 'em off.
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The famous Caterpillar D4600 engine.
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Chains, cables, gears, pulleys, and American iron and steel.
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Famous photographers travel for hundreds of miles just for a single picture.
Here, an intrepid correspondent from the Lahontan Valley News snaps
off a few rolls
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