Our hike this week has always been a favorite with all that have hiked it. They may end up tired after hiking 5 miles and climbing 700 feet up but the views and experience leave you in awe.
For those like myself who have hiked here often over the years there is always something new. This time it was interrupting a Kit Fox as it was scavenging the canyon floor. Beautiful creature...
We started off our hike following a family from Seattle area who decided to go for a hike. We had a great chuckle about the grocery bag the guy was using to pack the snacks and water. He was a good sport and modeled it for us. Who knows it might be a fashion statement that catches on.
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| Bright yellow bag good for signalling in time of distress. |
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| Picking our way through a boulder field and into the first narrow canyon. |
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| Yeti encounter as soon as we entered the canyon. |
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| OK lets have a pose before you turn the next corner... |
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| Lots of scenery once you get free of the narrow canyon walls. |
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| Kit Fox checking us out. |
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| The fox took very little effort to climb up the canyon walls and one hiker was heard to say I wish I could scamper around like that. |
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| One reason this part of the hike is called Painted Canyon |
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| More ladders... oh what fun especially when they are about 4 - 5 feet too short. |
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| Another way to navigate the on short ladders. |
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| A final shot of the colour contrasts |
wonderful pictures again George. Such beautiful contrasts of desert and oasis.
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