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Dripping Springs Trail - Grand Canyon

The sky was full of smoke thanks to the Kaibab Forest Service's apparent need to employ workers on Labor Day weekend. Controlled burns were rampant everywhere to mess with the otherwise spectacular views for all the Labor Day visitors. After being smoked out of our campsite, we managed some nice vistas ... if only intermittantly.

By the way, we took lots of pics of fossils in the Hermit Shale but left them all there for you to enjoy...but you may have to look hard for them.

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Hermit Shale inclusion
Hermit Shale inclusion		 Fern leaf fossil in Hermit Shale
Fern leaf fossil in Hermit Shale		 Mudcrack cast in Hermit Shale
Mudcrack cast in Hermit Shale		 Might be a fossil
Might be a fossil
Plant fossil in Hermit Shale
Plant fossil in Hermit Shale		 Fossilized mudcracks?
Fossilized mudcracks?		 No idea
No idea		 Bat sleeping out in the open at Dripping Springs
Bat sleeping out in the open at Dripping Springs
Sleeping bat
Sleeping bat		 What the sign reads
What the sign reads		 Dripping Springs seep
Dripping Springs seep		 Cloud mimic
Cloud mimic
Bugs on flowers
Bugs on flowers		 Hiking back on the Hermit / Supai transition
Hiking back on the Hermit / Supai transition		 Canyon sliced from the walls of the Redwall Limestone layer
Canyon sliced from the walls of the Redwall Limestone layer		 More fossils in the Hermit Shale
More fossils in the Hermit Shale
Fossilized tracks?
Fossilized tracks?		 Canyon vista
Canyon vista		 Smoke from controlled burns retreat to the north
Smoke from controlled burns retreat to the north		 Vista with smoke
Vista with smoke
Bicept tree limb
Bicept tree limb		 Lone tree
Lone tree		 Off the edge
Off the edge		 Narrow canyon thru the Redwall limestone layer
Narrow canyon thru the Redwall limestone layer
Alien growth
Alien growth		 Meanwhile at the top, the controlled burns are rampant
Meanwhile at the top, the controlled burns are rampant		 O'Neil's Butte
O'Neil's Butte		 Shadows on the Tonto Platform
Shadows on the Tonto Platform
The golden minute on O'Neil's Butte
The golden minute on O'Neil's Butte		 Pattern recognition exercise
Pattern recognition exercise		 Tonto Platform awaiting sunset
Tonto Platform awaiting sunset

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