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Tonto National Monument

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The Southwest trip was ending and we drove the old Apache Trail (Hwy 188) to visit the Tonto National Monument. Here they have two cliff dwellings (one was closed) of the Salado people that lived in the Tonto Basin roughly 700 years ago. To get to the dwelling there is a steep path with switchbacks to get up the cliff. As I stood along the mouth of the entrance looking over the basin, I could only image how the people traveled throughout the area without modern conveniences.

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Natural Bridges, Utah

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Yes, this is part of the trail
More ladders to the Sipapu bridge
Sipapu Bridge
Cottonwoods Under the bridge
Above Horsecollar Ruin
Onto the next bridge
Under Kachina Bridge
More Petroglyphs
Hands
This guy broke our windshield wiper

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Canyonlands – Utah

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First day in the Canyonlands area. Spend the entire day hiking all over buttes and mesas! We scrambled on slickrock and scree and found amazing views and historical finds around every bend.

Mesa Arch – Island in the Sky, Canyonland, Utah
Just a little scrambling on the slickrock
Another grainery along the Aztec Butte trail
Another perspective of the grainery
Unnamed mesa
there is a trail there
False Kiva is not on any map. Do your research before you attempt this hike. If you find it, please respect the area.

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Bisti Wilderness, New Mexico

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Finally made it to the Bisti Wilderness in New Mexico. An area in the North Western part of the state. After finding the parking lot and hopping a few cattle fences the landscape changed dramatically after about a 3/4 of a mile.

4 uncracked eggs
Star Wars Landspeeder
Petrified stump
Above the Hoodoos
more hoodoos
Bisti Arches
Cracked eggs
In the Egg Factory

 

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Stacked

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052Came across of bunch of cairns in the forest last weekend. I suspected that this one had fallen over in the recent storm so I stacked a few rocks on top again for the next lucky traveler.

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Blue Sky over Junipers

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043We’re expecting a major storm front in Northern California. I thought I’d post a recent photo from October to offset the cloudy stormy weather.

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Hike to Star Lake

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009One of my favorite places to hike to in the Lake Tahoe Basin is Star Lake. A little alpine lake that has many fond memories.

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Fall in Calaveras

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018Morning hike on the Arnold Rim Trail. We started kind of early so when we approached this tree on the trail it was shady. On the way back to the car, the morning sun lit up the old oak tree and its fall color.

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Fungus

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012-2Early morning hike on the Arnold Rim Trail and I spied these fungi on a fallen oak stump.

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Limited Visibility

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018The Mt. Rose trail starts out around 8800′ in elevation and climbs steadily with views over Tahoe Meadow and Lake Tahoe. Inclement weather brought cloud cover over the lake and limited the visibility. Towards the end of our hike, the weather changed from patchy clouds, to cloudy, to light snow all within a couple of hours.

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