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This year's annual Farnell family backpacking trip was to the Pasayten Wilderness in northern Washington state. We headed out from our house at about 7:30 on Monday, August 13th, 2007. There were 9 of us this time, ranging in age from 5 to 63. Our spirits were high, itinerary was planned, and packs were full. We chose the Pasayten this year for several reasons, including lunker fish...click here to read more.

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David and Jonathan roasting Marshmallows at Lou and Kathy's. Sitting around the fire at Lou and Kathy's. Kathy made us huckleberry pancakes for our last (motor)home-cooked meal! Sitting around visiting. Kathy likes taking lots of pictures.
David Charlie At the trail, ready to go. Hiking through the Tripod Fire from last year. The burned trees were kind of interesting.
Meadows and wildflowers. HDR of the area. Taking a snack break. The trail led through beautiful meadows.
Suzanne and Brooklyn sitting around camp. Reflection!
Elizabeth Brooklyn Jonathan Suzanne Jeremiah
Filtering water. Not sure what kind of flower this is. Hiking through more meadows. A swamp. Michael carried two packs for a while when his sister started getting sick. What a great guy!
Jeremiah taking panorama pictures to stitch together with the computer. Taking a break. An old glass bottle.
Ptarmigans Picking huckleberries to add to our apricot cobbler. More huckleberry pickers. Tungsten mine was pretty cool.
The adit had been blasted shut, but someone had dug it open a little bit.
The old ore cart tracks.
Brooklyn Michael and Jonathan
The cabins at Tungsten Mine.
Another old mine.
Michael fishing for dinner. Oh yeah! Lentils cooking for dinner. A group photo.
Huckleberry cobbler! Scraping the last bits from the pan. Mmmm! Filtering water again - this is a big job.
Lots of water bottles Matthew Jonathan Jeremiah
Brooklyn Suzanne David Dinner On to the next lake.

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