SRI John’s knee was bothering him, so I went up solo.

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Road was fine with the Xterra.? The route up the ridgeline seemed more open than ever before, seems like the dead pinon had collapsed and the deer had pressed routes on up.? Little wind, temperatures pleasant in the 40’s.? Worked F4WBN and EA4R on 17m.? Seemed like 15M was not getting out so well.

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Below is an Indian made digging tool I found.? Likely used to dig out interesting minerals, copper and gold, probably for jewelry.? It is quite big, salad plate sized, and obviously purposefully shaped.

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73,? fred kt5x

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