at 4:40 AM most mornings. We ate lunch under Highway 64 in the tunnel. There was a short rain as we climbed Bear Canyon, but it kept the sun off of us.
Day 7 - Baldy Town - With a good early start we made Head of Dean in time for the early conservation project!!!! We got to kill some living trees in a project aimed at tree stand improvement. We learned that 40 to 60 Ponderosa pine per acre is ideal. 400 to 500 is all right. But since there has been a lack of fires,

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Unusual double rainbow at Philmont

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Twister at Philmont in 1995

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