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var slides = new Array();

// feb 19
slides[00] = new Slide("01", "<ref>Our intrepid group.</ref> The only one of us to actually have backpacked here in Saguaro National Park before is Don. I have done some dayhikes, but only a few of those were in the area we are going to trek. Left to right: Carol, me, Kevin, and Don. 12:31");
slides[01] = new Slide("02", "<ref>Looking out upon an overcast world.</ref> It would drizzle on and off all day and down in Tucson it would storm.  Everything is muted, but unike some days when clouds are low I never had a sense of the eatherial. 13:27.");
slides[02] = new Slide("03", "<ref>Kevin charging up a gentle hill.</ref> It might look as though he is carrying everything including the kitchen sink, but though he has the heaviest pack he also has some of the most innovative gear like his balloon-based air mattress that weighs just four ounces. 13:27.");
slides[03] = new Slide("04", "At <ref>our lunch spot.</ref> I am not sure if we are starting or ending lunch. The next photo doesn't help one decide (unless Carol's camera clock is way off). 14:59.");
slides[04] = new Slide("05", "<ref>Kevin and Don</ref> sitting at our lunch spot. If the sky had been clear I'm sure the view would have been wonderful. 14:59. <span class='authorcredit'>Photo by Carol (Carol's camera).</span>");
slides[05] = new Slide("06", "<ref>A lone tree (can someone identify it?)</ref> rising to the sky. Not long after our lunch break Don had pulled ahead with me in the middle and Carol and Kevin coming up fast. 15:28.");
slides[06] = new Slide("07", "<ref>Here come Kevin and Carol.</ref> Soon they will pull ahead and leave me at the end of the group. I will walk over the desert flora clad ridges alone until I meet up with Don who comes back to see why I'm so slow (not too far after the first stream crossing). 15:28.");
slides[07] = new Slide("08", "It has drizzled on and off all day <ref>and Kevin and Don look just so good together</ref> here in their almost matching rain duds. 17:07. <span class='authorcredit'>Photo by Carol taken a mile or so from Juniper Basin (Carol's camera).</span>");
slides[08] = new Slide("09", "<ref>Signs of progress.</ref> Juniper Basin would be our tree shrouded home for the night. 17:43.");

// feb 20
slides[09] = new Slide("10", "Not long after we left Juniper Basin we started to <ref>see runners like this fellow coming towards us.</ref>  At least a dozen runners would pass us over the next 90 minutes. Most, if not all, would run a route some 28 miles long (I think the alternate route was 21 miles long). When we started seeing them they had done almost half of that. 09:56.");
slides[10] = new Slide("11", "<Ref>Don on top of Tanque Verde Peak</ref> Even though I did not climb the outcrop I feel as though I reached the summit at over 7,040 feet. 10:19.");
slides[11] = new Slide("12", "Heading down from the summit towards <ref>Cow Head Saddle</ref> looking out  westerly into the valley below. The day is clearing and warming up nicley. 10:46.");
slides[12] = new Slide("13", "<ref>Another view as we head towards Cow Head Saddle.<ref>. 11:18.");
slides[13] = new Slide("14", "<ref>Signs of pprogress</ref> Cow  Head Saddle sts at about 6,000 feet. It is a lush area with a brisk mountain stream no doubt affecting everything nearby. 12:04.");
slides[14] = new Slide("15", "The <ref>upper region of the trail to Cow Head Saddle</ref> runs near a vigorous stream that certainly has effected the local flora. 12:35.");
slides[15] = new Slide("16", "<ref>A Shindagger.</ref> I love how this plant fans out like it does. I think this is a type of agave plant. 12:40.");
slides[16] = new Slide("17", "<ref>One of the first really good views of the valley below.</ref> The stream isn't always quite as close though it's still nearby. 12:59.");
slides[17] = new Slide("", "");
slides[18] = new Slide("19", "I wish I knew <ref>what these reddish bark trees were.</ref> I am not even sure if this is their natural color, but they sure are striking. 13:23. <span style='font-style: italic; color: red'>It has been suggested by two people that the tree is a mosquete. -krk</span>");
slides[19] = new Slide("20", "The <ref>trail has entered more open lands around 5,200 feeet</ref> and the quick stream moves off farther away. The desert now looks more like what you tend to think (after seeing lots of Westerns) a desert should look like even at this elevation. 13:33");
slides[20] = new Slide("21", "<ref>Signs of progress.</ref> I have arrived at the Douglas Springs Camground. I have no idea where the spring is, but the stream is sure lively. 14:17.");
slides[21] = new Slide("22", "<ref>Carol in camp.</ref> It's good to get all set up and have time to just relax. 15:25.");
slides[22] = new Slide("23", "<ref>Resting companions.</ref>  This has turned into a fine afternoon to kick back and relax and Kevin and Carl are doing just that. 16:35.");
slides[23] = new Slide("24", "<ref>Sunset.</ref> As seen from near the campsite Carol picked out for herself. 18:21.");
slides[24] = new Slide("25", "<ref>The Moon rising over our camp.</ref> Twilight may not yet be quite over, but the moon has clearly been in the sky for a few hours (we actually saw it much earlier) rising steadily over our camp. 18:31.");

// feb 21
slides[25] = new Slide("26", "Not too far <ref>from Douglas Springs Campground</ref> heading towards the trailhead. 09:37.");
slides[26] = new Slide("27", "I caught up with Carol and Kevin <ref>sitting on this large outrop</ref> about an hour after leaving camp. We enjoyed the view and good weather here for a time. Up to this point I think I had seen just one person. Until we would reach Bridal Wreath Waterfalls I don't think I saw more than a couple others. 10:24.", 525, 700);
slides[27] = new Slide("28", "Still on the <ref>main trail, but nearing Bridal Wreath Falls.</ref> I have no idea why this short stretch of trail is lined with this grass while so much else nearby though fairly lush is not. 11:39.");
slides[28] = new Slide("29", "<ref>Bridal Wreath Falls in the distance.</ref>  On past visits the waterfall has just been a mere spray, but this time it is  considerably more substantial. Wow. 11:48.", 525, 700);
slides[29] = new Slide("30", "<ref>Carol and Kevin love this Saguaro Cactus.</ref> We figure the cactus is perhaps eighteen feet tall. 11:49.", 525, 700);
slides[30] = new Slide("31", "<ref>Standing tall on the ridge runnng towards the waterfall</ref> Kevin cuts a swarthy profile. 11:54.", 525, 700);
slides[31] = new Slide("32", "<ref>A closer view  of <ref>Bridal Wreath Waterfall</ref>. 11:57.");
slides[32] = new Slide("33", "Water abounnds here this time. <ref>Just look at the pool in the foreground if you doubt me.</ref> There are also more people here than I have ever seen before. 11:57.");
slides[33] = new Slide("34", "<ref>Kevin and I</ref> crossing a stream that I know has been dry in the past. We are almost at Bridal Wreath Falls now. 12:03. <span class='authorcredit'>Photo by Carol (Carol's camera).</span>", 525, 700);
slides[34] = new Slide("35", "The last <ref>signs of progress</ref> for this little backpacking trip. We are at the trailhead. Actually, Kevin and Carol arrived in advance of me. 15:12.");
slides[35] = new Slide("36", "<ref>Moon shot.</ref> Taken from the back patio of Karen and Don's spacious home. 18:12.");

// feb 22
slides[36] = new Slide("37", "An <ref>ocotillio is nursing this sunflower.</fre>  I have joinned my cousin Rebecca (Becky) and her boyfriend Gozalo (Gonzo) as we wander through the Tohono Chul Park in Tucson. 11:10.");
slides[37] = new Slide("38", "<ref>Becky and Gonzo</ref> modeling in front of palm trees in Tohono Chul Park. Palm trees. Somehow I always associate palm trees with oceans, but the climate must be good to them here too. 11:26.", 525, 700);
slides[38] = new Slide("39", "More <ref>vibrant plants in this little park</ref> in Tucson. What a vivid shade of purple these are (believe they're Long Spined Prickly Pear). 11:37.");
slides[39] = new Slide("40", "We do not know <ref>what this little chirper of a bird</ref> is (if you know let me know), but clearly it has found a good home in this Saguaro cactus. 11:41.", 525, 700);
slides[40] = new Slide("41", "<ref>A bottle brush for a giant (Giant Tree Yucca).</ref> This is a ?? tree. 11:44.", 525, 700);
slides[41] = new Slide("42", "Sometimes Saguaro casctus <ref>grow fanned tops like ths one.</ref> No one is sure why this happens; no one really knows why they grow arms either. 11:59.", 525, 700);
slides[42] = new Slide("43", "I think the last time I passed through this way, probably going to hike Bear Canyon, there was barely any water flowing over this spot. Of course, with all the rain they have had lately it is no surprise that the water is flowing well. <ref>As you can clearly see.</ref> I am spending the afternoon in Sabino Canyon Recreation Area (Becky and Gonzo are on a 2-hour horseback ride somewhere nearby). 13:40.");
slides[43] = new Slide("44", "Looking back <ref>the way I had just come</ref> afer crossing the fast water on my way towards Sabino Dam Trail. 13:50.", 525, 700);
slides[44] = new Slide("45", "<ref>Signs of  progress.</ref> heading towards Sabino Dam and the creek tthat feeds it. What a great day this has been so far. 13:55.", 525, 700);
slides[45] = new Slide("46", "Looking out upon <ref>Sabino Creek</ref> just above the dam. What a rearkably lush area this is. There are also a lot of down tree limbs and the creek seems to be running quite high. 14:07.");
slides[46] = new Slide("47", "Taken from the eastern edge of the dam <reflooking southwesterly.</ref> 14:20.");
slides[47] = new Slide("48", "Looking at the sheer volume of <ref>water pouring over the dam from just a short ways downstream.</ref> 14:45.");
slides[48] = new Slide("49", "Now <ref>standng n the western edge of the dam</ref> looking east. 14:48.");
slides[49] = new Slide("50", "The <refSanta Catalna Mountains</re> in md-dafternoon. 15:18.");
slides[50] = new Slide("51", "<ref>Becky and Gonzo have joined me as we walk back towards Bear Canyoun.</ref> The sun is dropping low behind us and, with luck, we will have a great sunset and alpinglow. 16:21.");
slides[51] = new Slide("52", "In this <ref>small area</ref> we watched a group of deer munch their way past the Saguaro cactus semingly without a care. 16:36.");
slides[52] = new Slide("53", "The <ref>local habitat that we saw the deer</ref> grazing in. 16:39.");
slides[53] = new Slide("54", "<ref>Yours truly.</ref> Standing at a high picnic area - maybe Sabino Overlook - as the afternooo  wanes.  16:53. <span class='authorcredit'>Photo by either Gonzo or Becky.</span>");
slides[54] = new Slide("55", "The <ref>wild flower blooming season is starting now.</ref> I don't know  what this flower is. 17:05.");
slides[55] = new Slide("56", "<ref>Alpinglow in the Santa Catalina Mountains.</ref> What a wonderful day this was. 18:07.", 700, 472);

// movies
// Feb 19
slides[56] = new Slide("MVI_0607", "<ref>This movie was shot at a local high point, about 6,000 feet.</ref> We are still a good 90 minutes from Juniper Basin. 16:16.", 640, 480, "2005", "movie");

// Feb 20
slides[57] = new Slide("MVI_0624", "The others have pulled ahead so I certainly don't feel rushed and so I took lots of photos <ref>and movies like this one not too far down the drainage from Cow Head Saddle.</ref> 12:36. ", 640, 480, "2005", "movie");
slides[58] = new Slide("MVI_0636", "The drainage has opened up <ref>and so the panorama in this movie</ref> is vast. I'm at about 5,160 feet and as it would turn out about a half hour from Douglas Springs Campground. 13:45. ", 640, 480, "2005", "movie");
slides[59] = new Slide("MVI_0640", "This movie was taken standing on the rocky shore of the stream that flows by the campground. It would have been so easy to stretch out on these rocks and taken a nap. Instead I wrote and took photos <ref>and movies like this.</ref> 15:37. ", 640, 480, "2005", "movie");

// Feb 21
slides[60] = new Slide("MVI_0663", "<ref>Here comes Carol</ref> marching across the stepping stones in this video. I am certain that the past couple times I've visited Bridal Wreath Falls that this nearby stream has been dry. 11:42. ", 480, 640, "2005", "movie");

// Feb 22
slides[61] = new Slide("MVI_0683", "<ref>Listen to this little bird go</ref> For its diminuitive size it sure packs a loud bird call as you can clearly hear in thi movie. If you know what this bird is I'd love to hear from you. 11:42.", 480, 640, "2005", "movie");
slides[62] = new Slide("MVI_0692", "I don't think I have ever seen so much water flowing here before. Maybe this is normal for this time of year. The voice you can faintly hear is probably mine announcing to the world that this water is quite cold. It is, after all, the fourth time I've wade into the stream. Yes, I go far for a decent shot. The stream is just minutes walking distances from Sabino Dam. <ref>This film was taken by a fellow sitting just downstream.</ref> 13:44. ", 640, 480, "2005", "movie");
slides[63] = new Slide("MVI_0718", "<ref>Listen to some of the sounds of the desert.</ref> I took this while standing just a couple tenths of a mile from the Sabino Canyon Recreation Area Visitor Center. The mountains are part of the Santa Catalinas. We are looking generally east and a bit north. 15:40. ", 640, 480, "2005", "movie");
slides[64] = new Slide("MVI_0726", "<ref>Several deer wandered through</ref> this small area not far from Sabino Dam Overlook. This movies shows just one of them near the Saguaro Cactus. 16:37. ", 640, 480, "2005", "movie");