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This manzanita is all pretty and red in the late-afternoon sun and takes my mind off the pain of climbing this hill.

05328-red-manzanita-800px.jpg The same resting location as in the previous photo, but looking back down Willow Ridge Trail.ThumbnailsMy next break spot, a little higher again up Willow Ridge Trail, eating yet another Clif bar, drinking yet more water.The same resting location as in the previous photo, but looking back down Willow Ridge Trail.ThumbnailsMy next break spot, a little higher again up Willow Ridge Trail, eating yet another Clif bar, drinking yet more water.The same resting location as in the previous photo, but looking back down Willow Ridge Trail.ThumbnailsMy next break spot, a little higher again up Willow Ridge Trail, eating yet another Clif bar, drinking yet more water.The same resting location as in the previous photo, but looking back down Willow Ridge Trail.ThumbnailsMy next break spot, a little higher again up Willow Ridge Trail, eating yet another Clif bar, drinking yet more water.The same resting location as in the previous photo, but looking back down Willow Ridge Trail.ThumbnailsMy next break spot, a little higher again up Willow Ridge Trail, eating yet another Clif bar, drinking yet more water.

I think this tree is half-dead, but I'm too tired to investigate further. The red leaves make a nice photo.

Just beyond this tree, I reach the "dreaded steep spot" on this trail that I remember from last year's trip. I have been thinking that I must have already climbed that bad spot further back, and that it wasn't as tough as I remember.

But suddenly, I realize that I didn't, and that I'm "there" now.