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Dave Kiel
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02/16/2019
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.
Dave Kiel
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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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02/16/2019
An exposed coal seam in one of the cliffs along Castle Rock Trail.
Dave Kiel
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02/16/2019
Rhododendron and hemlocks thrive along the cliff bottoms.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date: 
02/16/2019
The end of Castle Rock Trail near where you started at the Main Overlook.

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