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View of our route, courtesy of Google Earth, looking south-west. Las Llahas trail is along the bottom of the canyon from the upper-left to about the middle. The Old Quarry Trail turns sharply and heads uphill somewhat steeply.
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Near the bottom of the Old Quarry Trail, which turns sharply ahead and heads up to the left.
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You can see from the people where the trail turns.
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Looking back down, and basically north, at the junction with Las Llahas.
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Looking south, with Las Llahas below at the edge of the picture.
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The trail turns west along this side canyon
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A stop for a few minutes to catch our breath and find a geocache.
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You can see a bit of Las Llahas far below
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In the middle is the narrow trail we hiked up. The wide road is Las Llahas.
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Looking for a geocache in an old rock wall. The footing was a little precarious here!
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Shells in the rocks.
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The geocache is in hand!
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This trail is a little overgrown here. We can see a bit of the old steam shovel at the top of the hill in the distance.
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More old mining artefacts
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Almost to the steam shovel at the top
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The back end of it is bright red. Reminds me of some of those monkeys' butts!
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The old steam shovel, abandoned over 50 years ago.
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On the way back down, we see some other people hiking on Las Llahas.
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Almost back to Las Llahas
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The Old Quarry Trail joins Las Llahas. It's easy to miss if you don't know where to look for it.
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The group of geocaching hikers marches in a disciplined and orderly fashion back to the trailhead?
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A street sign and development in the middle of nowhere. This place is for sale.
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At the entrance to the Las Llahas Trail, a boulder full of shells.
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