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Big Pine Lakes Backpacking Late July, 2013. I chose Big Pine Lakes knowing it was a popular trail and pretty straightforward since it follows the North Fork of Big Pine Creek from trailhead to the lakes. Big Pine Lakes was also the most Southern of the trips I had in mind, which minimized my driving time from San Diego. Pine and Reflections, Second Lake, John Muir Wilderness. Morning at Second Lake, John Muir Wilderness.

Gaining Clarity through Profound Texts and Everyday Life. Sunday, March 24, 2013. Many of the local young men had been drinking heavily throughout the evening, and all around us was noise and mayhem. Suddenly, two men began shouting at one another, and as they grew angrier and angrier the conflict escalated into a right violent fight with lots of flying fists.

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