![In a gully](prairie/gully_t.jpg) |
Xiujuan in a gully.
Right over these gully-ridden hills we should find the prairie. |
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![Calves](prairie/calves_t.jpg) |
Two calves and a cow |
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![Monument](prairie/monument_t.jpg) |
Xiujuan next to a monument to the remains of the Northern Wei
dynasty (386-534 AD) Great Wall. Notice it has both Chinese and Mongolian
characters. |
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![Sheep](prairie/sheep_t.jpg) |
Nothing but sheep and grass for as far as one
can see in all directions |
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![Cloud](prairie/cloud_t.jpg) |
This tiny cloud is the only one left in the sky.
It disappeared over the horizon minutes later. |
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![Calf, Cow](prairie/calf_t.jpg) |
A cow and calf |
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![15 km](prairie/xiujuanandme_t.jpg) |
Xiujuan and I are now exactly 15 kilometers due
north of our starting point. We put my camera on a rock, using the timer
to take our picture before turning and heading west for the rest of the
day. |
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![Fields](prairie/field_t.jpg) |
We've walked about 30 kilometers due west,
now the prairie has given way to fields of potatoes, wheat, and other crops. |
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![Goats](prairie/goats_t.jpg) |
40 kilometers west of our turning point,
we get water from the well of a family that has
lots of goats. |
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