Lost Creek Wilderness
Barry and Michael Hoke and Bill drove to the Goose Creek Trailhead and hiked into the Lost Creek Wilderness for a short backpack trip

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1. To access the trailhead, we drove through the heart of the Hayman Fire burn, which occurred ten years ago
2. We were a bit surprised how little regrowth had occurred in ten years
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4. Trailhead
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9. After about a mile, we left the burn area
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12. Fremont's geranium
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18. Getting ready to fish
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24. Our campsite was in a cool grove of trees. The weather was clear, dry, and HOT
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29. a typical trail view
30. Two cabins, about 110 years old
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35. The cabins were built to house workmen. The plan was to create a big resevoir in the valley above. The strategy was simple: because the river was underground here, and because the canyon was narrow, if concrete were pumped into the underground riverbed, it would plug the river and fill the canyon. However, after about a dozen years of pumping, with no joy, they gave up.
36. an evening stroll to the site of the pumping station
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40. there it is!
41. The device looked more like a winch than a pump
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46. Heading home the next day. This was the day that the Waldo Canyon fire peaked.
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