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Many burned pine cones are scattered on the ground around here

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00128-burned-pinon-pine-800px.jpg A rattlesnake startles me as I approach this big boulder along the Butcher Knife Canyon streamThumbnailsI begin the hike up the road to Cottonwood Canyon and Cottonwood Spring, at the base of the New York MountainsA rattlesnake startles me as I approach this big boulder along the Butcher Knife Canyon streamThumbnailsI begin the hike up the road to Cottonwood Canyon and Cottonwood Spring, at the base of the New York MountainsA rattlesnake startles me as I approach this big boulder along the Butcher Knife Canyon streamThumbnailsI begin the hike up the road to Cottonwood Canyon and Cottonwood Spring, at the base of the New York MountainsA rattlesnake startles me as I approach this big boulder along the Butcher Knife Canyon streamThumbnailsI begin the hike up the road to Cottonwood Canyon and Cottonwood Spring, at the base of the New York MountainsA rattlesnake startles me as I approach this big boulder along the Butcher Knife Canyon streamThumbnailsI begin the hike up the road to Cottonwood Canyon and Cottonwood Spring, at the base of the New York Mountains

I notice that some of the pine cones still contain seeds, so I decide to taste one of the very well-roasted pine nuts. It tastes like a very dry, burnt nut, so I spit it out.