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They told us to stay at least 50 yards away from the buffalo, but someone forgot to tell the buffalo. This one was lurking above the trail.
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But I'm getting ahead of myself. Here is the park entrance.
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Buffalo crossing the road as we head toward the trailhead.
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Metal buffalo sculpture near a small amphitheater. Do buffalo jump off cliffs?
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View from a hill, we are still driving toward the trailhead.
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View from the trailhead parking lot.
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Walk registration is waiting at the end of the trailhead parking lot.
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Our volunteers who manned the registration table.
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Ed posed for me with the hill.
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Close up of the hill with its crown of white.
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Just a scenic view of the layers of red and white rock.
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Hikers that caught and passed us on the trail.
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View of them vanishing up the trail in front of us.
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Walkers from Irving headed back to the start.
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Deep gully beside the trail.
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Scenic view of the surrounding hills.
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Brooke and Gary at the turnoff for those doing the longer trail.
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Purple wildflowers were scattered along the trail.
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These walkers were also headed back to the start.
They are from Oklahoma City.
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Another view of the terrain we are walking through.
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View of the actual trail we were walking on.
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Yet another walker who was headed back in to the finish.
This walker was from Austin.
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Tiny purple flowers decorate the trail.
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Marilyn is on the way out. We had reached the turnaround point and were headed back in ourselves.
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Ed at a dry creek bed crossing.
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Here is the buffalo shown at the first of the blog up on the cliff above our trail. We waited until he moved away before proceeding.
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This is 4 year old Becka. She was with her mom and grandma. Not sure how many volksmarches she has under her belt already, but she was doing great on the trail.
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View of the hills around us.
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These are the same hills we passed on the way out, but they look different coming from this direction.
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Ed on the trail, it has warmed up and his hood is down.
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After the walk we stopped back by the Visitors Center. Great place to get buffalo pictures.
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Mom laying down with her calf close by her side.
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The green grass next to the visitor’s center attracts the buffalo.
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Mural on the Visitor’s Center wall above the bike rack.
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Metal buffalo sculpture across from the restrooms.
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Relief art mural of a buffalo fight near the Visitor's Center Entrance.
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