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    The ultimate adventure guide

    Dave Kiel
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    View from the Main Overlook looking upriver.
    Dave Kiel
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    02/16/2019
    View from the Main Overlook looking downriver.
    Dave Kiel
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    02/16/2019
    One of the many rhododendron groves you pass through. Peak blooms are in late spring and early summer.
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    02/16/2019
    Winter along the Grandview Rim Trail.
    Dave Kiel
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    02/16/2019
    Many of the hemlock are treated against the invasive woolly adelgid that is killing the trees. Many trees are marked to help track the disease.
    Dave Kiel
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    02/16/2019
    As you near Turkey Spur, the trail gets a bit steeper, but it is well maintained and easy to walk.
    Dave Kiel
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    02/16/2019
    The start of the 150 wood stairs to climb to the viewing platform at the top of Turkey Spur.
    Dave Kiel
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    02/16/2019
    Looking upriver from the Turkey Spur Overlook.
    Dave Kiel
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    02/16/2019
    Overlooking one of the hairpin bends in the river.
    Dave Kiel
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    02/16/2019
    The small parking lot at Turkey Spur.
    Dave Kiel
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    02/16/2019
    Hiking along the cliff bottoms of Castle Rock Trail.
    Dave Kiel
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    02/16/2019
    The trail is rougher along the Castle Rock Trail.
    Dave Kiel
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    An exposed coal seam in one of the cliffs along Castle Rock Trail.
    Dave Kiel
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    Rhododendron and hemlocks thrive along the cliff bottoms.
    Dave Kiel
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    02/16/2019
    The end of Castle Rock Trail near where you started at the Main Overlook.

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