Marie Lake Area - John Muir Wilderness - Sept. 2012
Thistle along the old Sallie Keyes Creek trail - read more below thumbs 
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...and yeah, this old route from below Sallie Keyes more directly down to the trail to Florence Lake was quite an adventure. The standard switch-backs and then cut-off to the Muir Trail Ranch is a lot longer, but a lot easier to find.