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. I'm glad we did as we got to be right in the middle of the clouds coming up and out of the valley and over the road we were standing on. We then drove to the real trailhead, geared up (Gibbs has got nothin on us 
) and headed on down the slightly snow-covered hill. It was a bit cold going down, with patches of icy snow until we got to the creek at the bottom. I must say, it seemed a long way down and I was mindful that we would have to come back this same long "UP" hill way 
, Hank took us over to the Dodge truck (I recognized it as an old Dodge as those pick-ups looked quite a bit alike for a long time; we had chased horses in the pasture in one of those relics back in the day). Unfortunately, the shiny chromed label had been attacked with more bullet holes; such a shame. We checked out the adit which was not too far away and then Hank took us over to the retort.
if someone should trim the tree in front of it so that it doesn't totally disappear. Next it was up the hill... oh and ANOTHER hill. You know one of those where you think it's gonna flatten out around the corner. 
We rounded the corner and the snow covered trail was no longer snow covered. In just a little while we would arrive toward the top and the views would open up; mostly of Ord. Toward the top we encountered some more snow and some mud.
. We looked longingly toward Sheep Mountain and all wondered, "Where are you Joe? 
" We enjoyed a short lunch before heading back down the mountain. It was a beautifully crisp day and the views going down were pretty great too. We took a detour on what looked like a good path but it led to nowhere. We hiked past our still-standing snowman and waved good bye.
. Hank got a chance to reminisce and share his hiking experience with GPSJoe in this area and other trips (especially the one where they actually turned around). It was a very nice memorial hike. I look forward to hopefully doing some more hiking here 
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