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A leisurely Sunday afternoon hike in Mount Philo State Park overlooking Lake Champlain.

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Looking out over the farmland of the Lake Champlain valley

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Tracks in downtown Burlington

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Lake Champlain

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Cairns along the shoreline of Lake Champlain

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Along the Sunset Ridge trail up Mount Mansfield, the highest summit in Vermont at 4,393 feet

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Hello, Mr. Snake!

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A hazy view from Mount Mansfield

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Not nearly there...

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A friendly green guy soaking up the few rays of sunshine

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First of many cairns along the path

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As we got higher, the weather got stormier

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Lake Champlain shimmering in the distance

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Back at the campsite and glad to have both a lean-to and a beer :>

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Another hard-working friend

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Nori on an adventure!

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Another liesurely afternoon stroll, but this one was up Mount Tom

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Hello, Mr. Toad!

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View of Woodstock, VT -- not to be confused with the famous one in New York!

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At the Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences Nature Center, a raptor demonstration with a ruff-legged hawk

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Molly has an great horned owl!

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All of these birds are permanently disabled in some way, and non-releasable. So they have become educators!

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Snowy owl was very friendly

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Spending a rainy afternoon with a peregrine falcon

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Being silly in a life-sized eagle nest

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Steven Pearce glass-blowing studio in Quechee, VT. Yummy restaurant :>

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Glass-blowing!

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pretty hot

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Glass-blowing molds

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Quechee Gorge

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Making muffins!

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Wasps in a pipe -- yikes!

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Another wonderful afternoon stroll :>

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I wonder who this lady is...?!