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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 2"><U>Virtual 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id115.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 3"><U>Virtual 3</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id116.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 4"><U>Virtual 4</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id117.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 5"><U>Virtual 5</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id118.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 6"><U>Virtual 6</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id119.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 7"><U>Virtual 7</U></A>   |   <B>Virtual 8</B>   |   <A HREF="id122.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 9"><U>Virtual 9</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id123.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 10"><U>Virtual 10</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id124.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 11"><U>Virtual 11</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id125.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 12"><U>Virtual 12</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <B>As we ride along the Sierra crest, we have one delicious landscape below us and very different ones on either side.</B></div> <div> click on images to enlarge</div> <div> <A HREF="id200.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kings Canyon National Park"><U><B><IMG SRC="6ee9c630.jpg" border=0 width="156" height="99" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B> To our west lies a stark landscape, all above timberline - nothing but naked rock and </B><B><U>thousands</U></B><B> of exquisite lakes, descending into huge forested canyons that disappear in the distance.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id194.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="tip 2 tip 2..."><U><B><IMG SRC="6f898cb0.jpg" border=0 width="152" height="203" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Running down the Sierra crest, we porpoise from one stunning pinnacle to the next. </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990066" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owens Valley"><U><B><IMG SRC="6fe956e0.jpg" border=0 width="149" height="110" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>To our east the Owens Valley is itself a unique landscape, 2 miles deep and 20 miles across.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id182.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WHITNEY"><U><B><IMG SRC="6a99e800.png" border=0 width="158" height="128" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Virtual 8</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id113.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual XC: Boundary Pk return"><U><B>HOME </B></U></A><B>                                   </B><A HREF="id119.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 7"><U><B>BACK</B></U></A><B>                                </B><A HREF="id122.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 9"><U><B>NEXT</B></U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="6a708740.png" border=0 width="520" height="372" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>