Driving in to the Craters, Cori stopped the cooler and started laughing and taking pictures. This was in the middle of nowhere.
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Someone else had done the road work this time!
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Roots
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We parked here
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Group shot
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Smiley's got some friends
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South Crater up there
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Sierra peeks up
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Mono Lake
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Lone tree, Cori, Joe
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small ground cover
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Sierra peaks. (Morrison, Baldwin , Red Slate, Laurel, Bloody, etc. )
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Cori, Joe
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Looking over at Crater
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more low plants
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more
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Crater
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At the base of South Crater high point
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Mono Lake, Crater Mt
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Cori on high point of South Crater
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Minarets, Ritter, Banner
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views
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Cori (Snownymph)
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Joe (MtFlyer)
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again
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cool views- love the sand patterns
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Can't wait to get over there- looks cool!
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South Crater summit shot
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Cori traversing. We had to go down a bit, before heading up the soft ridge, then up to the crater
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South Crater
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Getting closer
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South Crater high point on the right
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South Crater on left
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Entering Crater
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Really interesting in here
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Cori and the bump in front of the high point
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Joe
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The Lake looked tropical once the sun started to creep out
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Neat stuff. South Crater on the right.
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View from the top
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Mono Lake. It cleared up completly while we were up there.
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really nice looking here
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More sun
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Summit shot
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