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from the Desert to the Pacific Ocean
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a tough climb out of SLC

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the last part I pushed my bike the most time

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but the view was faszinationg

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even better in the night

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chilly morning on top of the mine

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hunting season started

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chilly ride down

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Golf courses and Salt Lake...

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what does that tell me about that town?

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times they are a´changing

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long stretch of nothing ahead

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and the gas station is out of buisness for a while

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the BIG attraction of Ely

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wondeful sunsets out there

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elcrticity into the nowhere

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one of the ore interesting plants out there

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long stretches of road

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saltflats everywhere

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and a mountain crossing every day

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no cars around

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the border of Nevada

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Gasstation the simple way

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one of the long grades

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stereotype the white boy...

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stealth camping at it´s best... where am I?

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Postboxes in a little post office along the road

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Equipment left to rot...

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desperate landscape

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Eureka... the store closed long ago

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they learned to throw away in the early deays

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winding road down to Austin

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the Cemetery of Austin

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Wildlife

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wonderful smelling bushes along the road

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where is water there is life

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the last mountain crossing, winding road down

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dry river

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that one is gone for a while

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morning in the desert

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the black dots are OHV´s playing around

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my first Lake for a while

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on the way to Virginia City

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look back down the 6 Mile Canyon

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former richest palce

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Main Street

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western style

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old saloons and hotels

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the grade up to geiger Pass

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and the long way down to Reno

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Irrigation is life

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Carson City, the capitol of Nevada

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Troy in the dust

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another wonderful campsite

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Smokey, the legendary Bear

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the quiet side of California

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frst peaks of the Sierra Nevada

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Devils Gate into the montains

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along the road

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Mono Lake during sunset

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wonderful palce, wonderful campsite

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heading toward Tioga Pass

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winding road with great views into the Basin

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On top of the Pass

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Yosemite! what a neat place

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granite everywhere

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on the east it went foggy

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El capitan the mighty... just compare with the RV´s in front

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It´s a dangerous place...

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trees find a spot on every rock

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mystical in the morning

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peaceful spots all around

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on my way up

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El capitan on the right

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Halfdome in the center

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the path is winding an partly really exposed

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on top of Sentinel Dome

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view back on the day I left, bye bye Valley

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Mariposa on my way out

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camping in the dry meadows of the valley

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no green around anymore

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Merced with it´s grand hotels of the old days...

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The Theater

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Pesticides everywhere

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they like to keep things

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looks a little bit like a concentration camp... poor pigs

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the good old mercedes... left behind

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lots of cattles around

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the winding road up to Mount Hamilton

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misty forests up ther

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the top with the lick observatory

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not much to see from there

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the Hills around San Jose

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wealth in it´s worst form

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the skyline of Oakland

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lots of homeless around here

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camps along the road

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view towards downtown

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A theater in town

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Grafitti

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Greyhound Station

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Visit!

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the Tribune Newspaper Building

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View from the Hills

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Sunset on the Cemetery

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Port of Oakland

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the Ferry to San Francicso

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San Francisco in the Rain

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Made it! good to be back

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typical road near the Presidio

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Golden Gate in the Fog