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As we rolled West, the skies started to look less and less inviting:
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Back to the East, however, incredible things were happening:
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After a brief phone conversation with Kevin, we made a quick pit stop in Yakima for some supplies on his behalf, and then proceeded into uncharted territory via Cowiche Mill Road:
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Before long we found ourselves needing to air down, as the snow was remarkably unforgiving even on the slightest of inclines:
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We met up with Kevin and Brayden at their friend Randy's cabin, and headed up a couple of different trails on the 160 acres of property he owns:
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At the top of the hill, we stopped to make a little warming fire because Randy just had to try and out-do my ammo can fire pit
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We pulled the hot foot out of the oven to enjoy by the warm fire:
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With bellies full, Mike and I decided to tackle the last remaining climb up to the property line, and were greeted with an amazing view with the sun seemingly right in our back pocket:
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Sadly, it was getting late in the afternoon and I had it on pretty good authority that I shouldn't be late to a previous engagement for the evening... So we headed down the hill with the sun setting pretty hard on the jagged horizon:
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We said our goodbyes the Kevin, Brayden and Randy and headed back out Cowiche Mill toward civilization, and stopped at the staging area to air up for the road trip home:
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The day had included so many fantastic elements it's difficult to say what was the best thing about it; good friends, good food, new-to-me territory, the list goes on. Can't wait to get back into that area and continue to explore it
