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Bright Angel Trail to the Colorado River

Hot this time of year, but the views and meeting fellow hikers from around the world make it all worthwhile
An eighty foot section of petrified sand dunes
An eighty foot section of petrified sand dunes		 View from deep in the Supai layer
View from deep in the Supai layer		 In the Tonto group just below Indian Gardens
In the Tonto group just below Indian Gardens		 Some interesting advance and retreat of an ancient ocean here
Some interesting advance and retreat of an ancient ocean here
The view of twisted metamorphic rock in the inner gorge where the trail leads
The view of twisted metamorphic rock in the inner gorge where the trail leads		 Getting past the mule team without eating too much of their dust is the goal here
Getting past the mule team without eating too much of their dust is the goal here		 A garden in the desert...just add water
A garden in the desert...just add water		 Billion year old rock twisted like taffee over eons
Billion year old rock twisted like taffee over eons
A lizard critter watching the river go by
A lizard critter watching the river go by		 Cooling the Pepsi in 48F Colorado River water
Cooling the Pepsi in 48F Colorado River water		 Looking upstream from Pipe Springs at the bottom of the Bright Angel Trail
Looking upstream from Pipe Springs at the bottom of the Bright Angel Trail		 Looking downstream
Looking downstream
Golden colored velvet ant?
Golden colored velvet ant?		 Bright Angel creek a half mile above the Colorado
Bright Angel creek a half mile above the Colorado		 Nature's dry flower arrangement
Nature's dry flower arrangement		 Back up and out of the inner gorge
Back up and out of the inner gorge
A view back towards Indian Gardens before the major uphill begins
A view back towards Indian Gardens before the major uphill begins		 Three Mile Resthouse on the right and Indian Gardens far below in the center
Three Mile Resthouse on the right and Indian Gardens far below in the center

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