Wheeler Glacier and Bristlecone Pines in Great Basin National Park


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Cute baby birds outside our hotel room. We were weak after the 2-day hike and slept in real beds.
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A bristlecone pine on the ridge way above us.
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Vanessa on a 2000 year old bristlecone pine tree.
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Overlooking Wheeler Peak, and Wheeler Glacier.
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Vanessa and the glacier.
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Van lounges in the snow after trying to start a snowball fight :)