23-FEB-2008
After the Artist's Drive we tried to avoid the madding crowds at Golden Canyon and went to Desolation Canyon instead. It was desolate!
23-FEB-2008
It always amazes me that the landscape essentially hides canyons. Who would know that there was a canyon to explore back there? But that's where we're headed!
23-FEB-2008
This is the only non-insect or non-bird (that wasn't also a human) that we saw the entire time we were there.
23-FEB-2008
The surprising bits of color were always a nice treat in an otherwise brown landscape.
23-FEB-2008
It might seem brown everywhere you look, but when you take a minute to start to really look at the surroundings, the color becomes more evident.
23-FEB-2008
The canyon ended in a large hill of gravel. It is about 60 feet high. Climbing it would have been really hard.
23-FEB-2008
As we approached the mouth of the canyon we got spectacular glimpses of the valley floor below!
23-FEB-2008
These were very promising clouds.
23-FEB-2008
We really hoped that these clouds meant rain would fall.
That would be a nice treat.
23-FEB-2008
The desert gold looked great against dark looming storm clouds.
23-FEB-2008
I love the way the flowers snaked into the hills. Just beautiful.
23-FEB-2008
A gorgeous end to a gorgeous first day.
