tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68961476228133705192024-03-13T10:31:39.180-07:00Life of Brian Do Good Things and Have Fun!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06481432917789329339noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6896147622813370519.post-32782695010196023122016-05-21T09:50:00.001-07:002016-05-21T10:27:42.752-07:00Tips For Hiking The Wave -Coyote Buttes<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the many captivating views of the Wave. </td></tr>
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Awhile back, I had the wonderful opportunity to hike to the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+find+the+wave+coyote+buttes&biw=1582&bih=746&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi34eW1n-vMAhVW6WMKHVHkDQEQ_AUIBygC#imgrc=ixuKU-W4vUlYuM%3A" target="_blank">Wave</a>. I had heard much about the Wave, but was somewhat skeptical of it's splendor. My travels have shown me that all of <a href="http://www.canyonlands-utah.com/" target="_blank">Southern Utah's Canyon Country</a> is amazing. Well, the Wave's fanfare is definitely deserving. It is absolutely breath taking, better than I could have imagined.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Navigating this Slick Rock Jungle</td></tr>
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With boots on the ground, the Wave is not that easy to find. There is no trail. Reaching the Wave requires overland hiking across slickrock <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_Sandstone" target="_blank">Navajo Sandstone</a> and loose dunes. We did found a few <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=cairns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi64o2HwOvMAhUL-GMKHXbDDDEQ_AUICSgD&biw=1582&bih=746#tbm=isch&q=rock+cairns" target="_blank">cairns</a> and a couple <a href="http://www.carsonite.com/products/parks-recreation" target="_blank">Carsonite</a> signs that vaguely confirmed that we were on the right route. However, many lucky <a href="http://www.dreamlandtours.net/permits-lottery-information-paria-canyon-vermilion-cliffs-wilderness-the-wave-coyote-buttes-white-pocket-wire-pass/" target="_blank">permit holders</a> never find their way to the Wave,,, and <a href="https://www.ksl.com/?sid=26632224" target="_blank">some don't find their way back</a>. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View looking toward the <a href="https://fsguides.com/destinations/paria-canyon/" target="_blank">Paria River slot canyon</a></td></tr>
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What helped me out the most was preparation. I studied the <a href="http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/product/maps/trail-maps/arizona/262-grand-canyon-east--grand-canyon-national-park--trail-map?npd&npd&" target="_blank">Trails Illustrated maps</a>, in order to remember the major landmarks. Also, there are some really good <a href="http://hubpages.com/sports/hiking-the-wave-coyote-buttes" target="_blank">hiking blogs</a> that can offer some good visual cues. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Notch is visible in the top of the pale dome, as a dark vertical crack </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;">The most prominent visual cue would be <a href="http://www.zionnational-park.com/paria-wave-blm.htm" target="_blank">"the Notch"</a>. The Notch is a vertical crack in a giant dome of Navajo Sandstone. You can see it from quite a distance away. Once you locate the Notch, walk towards it. The Wave lies at the foot of the Notch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wild flowers were incredible. These <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=purple+desert+penstemons+utah&biw=1582&bih=746&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj824O4yOvMAhUD32MKHQS8CPUQsAQIGw#imgrc=mMQdl6oyAX8vHM%3A" target="_blank">Penstemons </a>were everywhere!</td></tr>
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It is easy to get lost in this part of the world. Bring plenty of water and food. </div>
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Oh, and pack a jacket and flashlight, because<a href="https://vimeo.com/30161111" target="_blank"> you never know what the day will bring.</a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;"> For some reason, these twin buttes caught our interest</span></td></tr>
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Another really valuable tip is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdM3aOmE2fk" target="_blank">PROTECT YOUR CAMERA</a>. This is a veeeerrry sandy place. These little <a href="http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/coast/sand/sand.html" target="_blank">grains of silica and quartz</a> will get into every nook and cranny. My camera jammed soon after reaching the Wave. Be especially vigilant if the wind is kicking up. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Study the many <a href="http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/students/Aeolian/aeolian.htm" target="_blank">textures </a>of the Wave.</td></tr>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Fill fuel bottle approximately 3/4 (0.75) to maximum capacity.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Thread pump into fuel bottle.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Pressurize fuel bottle by pumping three, or four, strokes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Open fuel valve just enough to partially fill primer cup (below stove).</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Once fuel in primer cup is exhausted, open fuel valve and light aerosolized fuel at top of stove burner.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">If stove flame is tall and yellow, shut off stove and repeat priming process.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">As fuel pressure decreases, give the fuel bottle a couple of strokes to increase pressure.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few years ago, we had a fantastic Grand Canyon backpacking trip. We spent seven days exploring the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/upload/Clear_Creek_Trail.pdf" target="_blank">Clear Creek</a> area. The group was strong and experienced. We had hiked with them many times before.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ed and I take a moment to view</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEI8Xn1Ga3w" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> Zoroaster Temple</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. The</span><a href="https://www.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/Brittlebush.php" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> Brittlebush</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> blooms were amazing. Our most experience team member, Ginger (who helped build the</span><a href="http://www.toddshikingguide.com/Hikes/Arizona/Tonto/Mazatzal3.htm" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> Deer Creek Trail</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">), called the Brittlebush an exotic native, and that was edging it's way into the Grand Canyon from the Mohave side.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Almost to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jh_Z4tcRPk" target="_blank">Sumner Wash</a>. Here are the troops: Mike, Jim, Gary, and Ginger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After nine long, Grand Canyon miles, we are finally looking down into the Clear Creek Canyon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can see the deep green of the <a href="http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=pofr2" target="_blank">Fremont Cottonwood Trees</a>, waaayy down in the canyon bottom. When you see Cottonwoods in the desert, you know there is water there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The hillsides are painted yellow with the best Brittle Bush bloom that I have ever seen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is a text-book example of fossilized mud-cracks. Thanks for being our 'hand model', Ed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Cheyava is a <a href="http://www.hopi-nsn.gov/" target="_blank">Hopi</a> word for 'on again-off again', describing the intermittent nature of this waterfall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pouring out of a vast cavern system, deep within the <a href="http://www.grandcanyonnaturalhistory.com/pages_nature/geology/6-redwall.html" target="_blank">Redwall Limestone</a>, Cheyava's 800' drop makes it the Grand Canyon's tallest waterfall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Signs of ancient life. These <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestral_Puebloans" target="_blank">Ancestral Puebloan</a> granaries are a highlight of the hike to Cheyava.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nestled high up on the cliff side, <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/granaries" target="_blank">granaries</a> were a way the ancient ones ensured themselves seeds for the next years crop.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">WHOA,,,, who is this Canyon Beauty.... oh, it's my lovely wife, <a href="http://www.flagstaffartistsgallery.com/ArtistPages/SebernRyanne/RyanneSebern.html" target="_blank">Ryanne Sebern</a>.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gary Dawson is ecstatic to look out over the <a href="http://www.bobspixels.com/kaibab.org/bc/gc_tr_sk.htm" target="_blank">South Kaibab Trail</a>,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5z6PBMRru0" target="_blank"> Boat Beach</a>, and <a href="https://fsguides.com/destinations/grand-canyon-hiking-backpacking/phantom-ranch/" target="_blank">Phantom Ranch</a>.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This place was so great that my wife, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/EvolveJewelryStudio" target="_blank">Ryanne Sebern</a>, made me promise not to disclose the exact location. Our hidden paradise was just north of Laughlin, on the way to Las Vegas. It was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohave_people" target="_blank">Mohave</a> camping at is best.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is Ryanne hauling our gear into the desert wilderness.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We wanted to give the boys a "back packing" experience, so we hiked about a quarter mile in from the road. Our secluded camp was tucked in among some granite domes. </span><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFGksemqbK_OVeqsI6ifgGccOOHA9W9gKQSXfClwuUQE4QEC6YxP59s1OR6eWbw6QhqstWKUjurrR92A6cixLYbEzwZgdzItNcIFvVZSArlSVhVCT6ie2titO2MzxAUAN8NN4e-LV8tI/s640/Christmas+Tree+Pass_camp+life.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orin and I are heading back to camp, after a bit of exploring.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orin peaking out of a hueco cave.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The granite domes had weathered, hueco caves that were fun to explore. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpByj8NEdtjOlqbmi7JuDe8zLKBWo_ZEz9DqgMF1AAmGs46edRh6Wz3scpOlPzgzj94xWVGaE0Zx-ZJvOOskznjl1vQ7v3ZE2D6XPOS20gpMtUhE59e_KzPG07bOCUUFk-NgoyrUec4Y/s1600/Christmas+Tree+Pass_Orin+looks+out.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpByj8NEdtjOlqbmi7JuDe8zLKBWo_ZEz9DqgMF1AAmGs46edRh6Wz3scpOlPzgzj94xWVGaE0Zx-ZJvOOskznjl1vQ7v3ZE2D6XPOS20gpMtUhE59e_KzPG07bOCUUFk-NgoyrUec4Y/s640/Christmas+Tree+Pass_Orin+looks+out.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peaking out of hueco cave, with Orin.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While out hiking, we found a bunch of pottery and many <a href="http://solareis.anl.gov/glossacro/dsp_wordpopup.cfm?word_id=4903" target="_blank">lithos sites</a>.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This piece of fossilized palm wood showed signs of being worked.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our afternoons were spent napping and playing cards in the shade.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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While on a family trip to Oregon, we took a trip to the Coast to see the famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Iredale" target="_blank">Peter Iredale shipwreck</a>. I remember seeing it, as a kid. So, I was really interested to find out what it looks like after forty years.</div>
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On our way to the coast, we stopped off at the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx2PwtJxcps" target="_blank">Jewell Meadows Elk Sanctuary</a>. The boys had a blast seeing all the big, antlered bull elk.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eagan Ford spends some time sitting on a fence rail watching the elk go by.</td></tr>
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While at the elk sanctuary I noticed this super tiny mushroom, growing on a mossy tree. The mushroom cap was approximately 2 mm wide.</div>
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What a rarity to have a sunny day on the Oregon Coast. Here is a view to the south.</div>
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My beautiful wife,<a href="https://www.etsy.com/people/EvolveJewelryStudio" target="_blank"> Ryanne Sebern</a>, climbs to the top of a nearby sand dune.</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;">Here is our first view of the Peter Iredale shipwreck.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2QM3s1R4dj_4w1hRZjwJYfoWvYJ_HUUpu9oEK9K8kjERwJi-9Dt580-ZpIXWhcVvtccVrcJx1qW4W69cijNpWBIe09kaatXtaV5HmE1gp6n0udPlyodJ5wEpgq6SEt3Ofqmpsp-6bhQ/s1600/DSCF0550.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2QM3s1R4dj_4w1hRZjwJYfoWvYJ_HUUpu9oEK9K8kjERwJi-9Dt580-ZpIXWhcVvtccVrcJx1qW4W69cijNpWBIe09kaatXtaV5HmE1gp6n0udPlyodJ5wEpgq6SEt3Ofqmpsp-6bhQ/s640/DSCF0550.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remnants of a once mighty ship, the Peter Iredale. Foundered off the Oregon Coast.</td></tr>
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Here is a perspective picture to show just how big this ship was.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Peter Iredale, bow to stern</td></tr>
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It occurs mostly in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_Desert" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Mojave Desert">Mojave Desert</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anza-Borrego_Desert_State_Park" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Anza-Borrego Desert State Park">Anza-Borrego Desert State Park</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Desert" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Colorado Desert">Colorado Deserts</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, and also in the Colorado Plateau and northwest </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Mexico">Mexico</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">; it ranges through the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Grand Canyon">Grand Canyon</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Colorado River">Colorado River</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> region to southern </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Utah">Utah</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, and in western </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Arizona">Arizona</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, regions along the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Colorado_River_Valley" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Lower Colorado River Valley">Lower Colorado River Valley</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">. The Beavertail Cactus is a medium-sized to small </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Opuntia">prickly pear</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Cactus">cactus</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, depending on variety, growing to about 60 cm tall. A single plant may consist of hundreds of fleshy, flattened pads. These are more or less blue-gray, depending on variety, growing to a length of 14 cm and are maximum 10 cm wide and 1 to 1.5 cm thick. They are typically spineless, but have instead many small barbed bristles, called </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glochid" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Glochid">glochids</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, that easily penetrate the skin. The pink to rose colored flowers are most common; however, a rare variety of white and even yellow flowers also exist. Opuntia basilaris bloom from spring to early summer.<br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Here is a new flower, to me. It is the Desert Anemone, or Windflower. We saw these beauties while hiking the red, slickrock sandstone of Utah Flats.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start;"><b>Astragalus</b></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> is a large genus of about 3,000 species of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Herb">herbs</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> and small </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrub" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Shrub">shrubs</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, belonging to the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legume" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Legume">legume</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> family </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabaceae" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Fabaceae">Fabaceae</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> and the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subfamily" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Subfamily">subfamily</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faboideae" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Faboideae">Faboideae</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">. It is the largest genus of plants in terms of described species.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-align: start; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astragalus#cite_note-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> The genus is native to temperate regions of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">. Common names include </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start;">milkvetch</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> (most species), </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locoweed" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Locoweed">locoweed</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">(in North America, some species)</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-align: start; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astragalus#cite_note-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> and </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start;">goat's-thorn</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> (</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start;">A. gummifer</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start;">A. tragacanthus</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">). Some pale-flowered </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicia" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Vicia">vetches</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> are similar in appearance, but vetches are more </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Vine">vine</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">-like</span></td></tr>
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On a recent backpacking trip to Phantom Ranch (Grand Canyon National Park), my lovely wife, <a href="http://www.evolvejewelrystudio.com/" target="_blank">Ryanne</a>, suggested we make a day-hike up the<a href="http://www.bobspixels.com/kaibab.org/bc/gc_tr_uf.htm" target="_blank"> Bonsai Route</a>. </div>
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Our goal was to explore the <a href="http://www.bobspixels.com/kaibab.org/bc/gc_tr_uf.htm" target="_blank">Utah Flats</a> area.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Hiking up the Bonsai Route, looking down at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/grand_canyon_nps/sets/72157627204606130/" target="_blank">Bright Angel Campground</a></b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Grand Canyon selfie taken on Utah Flats.</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>You can see the <a href="https://fsguides.com/destinations/grand-canyon-hiking-backpacking/clear-creek/" target="_blank">Clear Creek Trail</a>, on the left, and the <a href="http://www.genehanson.com/hiking/gcvirtualhike.htm" target="_blank">South Kaibab Trail</a>, on the right. In between is the Colorado River.</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>They call it Utah Flats because the barren, red rock landscape resembles some Utah Canyons. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEI8Xn1Ga3w" target="_blank">Zoroaster</a></b></span><b style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEI8Xn1Ga3w" target="_blank"> Temple</a> peaks over the shoulder of <a href="http://peakery.com/sumner-butte-arizona/" target="_blank">Sumner Butte,</a> seen here across the Bright Angel Canyon. </b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06481432917789329339noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6896147622813370519.post-84443960129659844332016-03-03T05:12:00.000-08:002016-03-03T05:12:28.079-08:00Condors in the Grand Canyon National Park_South Kaibab Trail<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This California Condor was spotted soaring over the Grand Canyon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Condors reach a wingspan of 9.5 feet wide, the largest bird in North America</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look up to the sky while hiking or backpacking the South Kaibab Trail</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The California Condor is found only in Arizona and California</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06481432917789329339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6896147622813370519.post-83951702287289721972014-07-02T12:10:00.001-07:002014-07-02T12:21:19.356-07:00Sierra Club Drop-Off<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Earlier this year, we got a chance to make a run out to Pasture Wash. The Sierra Club was out for another epic adventure and needed a lift. Two Suburbans loaded to the gills with people and gear.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After seeing the group get safely on the trail, Bob and I took some time to explore around. My flip-flops were not the best choice of footwear, for Canyon scrambling.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 18px;">Due the amazing response to the Press-Bot's Kickstarter Project, Canyon Coffee is able to award backers with even higher quality rewards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Flagstaff's own 'Late for the Train' coffee roasters will be the our supplier of beans. We are working with these "master of coffee" to find the most optimum grind and measure for the best 'bot' of coffee. Be on the lookout for "North Rim Roast", "the Boatman's Blend", and "North Rim Decaf".</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06481432917789329339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6896147622813370519.post-4574755851918769112013-09-15T06:29:00.001-07:002013-09-15T06:29:50.246-07:00Angel's Landing Hike -Zion National Park<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Two weeks with a dozen Australians. We meet in Zion for a whirlwind of a trip. Here is some pics from our Angel's Landing hike.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All the recent rains have been washing the mountains clean. We got about fifty feet into our walk and found this sweet little bird point, right in the middle of the trail. Eagan was super stoked to be splashing around in the creeks. A couple of hundred yards further, I reach into the flowing water and pull out this cool limestone point. It was the same style as the bird point, only much larger.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHn1UhNcHmLQSWpZLiALz3-8LtECYeHn1aMTt4OKZVNZvQ-zCvoVQkjlqtjkSmRtFwBFU75W4uXTgGt5VZ8fkxUwRBIBmBTIO66CwG-2wgcxLGLY3Rv0jIXrUjrJnFqlihgqvncWNBTM/s1600/bs+pics+023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHn1UhNcHmLQSWpZLiALz3-8LtECYeHn1aMTt4OKZVNZvQ-zCvoVQkjlqtjkSmRtFwBFU75W4uXTgGt5VZ8fkxUwRBIBmBTIO66CwG-2wgcxLGLY3Rv0jIXrUjrJnFqlihgqvncWNBTM/s400/bs+pics+023.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The singletrack is moist and ripe with line-gripping traction. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The guys and I have been hitting the Paradise Trails pretty regularly. Heck, we even got ole Joe Murray</span><a href="http://www.mtnbikehalloffame.com/page.cfm?pageid=6&memberid=26">http://www.mtnbikehalloffame.com/page.cfm?pageid=6&memberid=26</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">to come out for some Ro</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">cky Ridge action. However, I am off the bike for a bit with some bruised ribs. A crumpling mid-air collision with Ponderosa Pine.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06481432917789329339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6896147622813370519.post-43402580657966317302013-07-25T15:10:00.001-07:002013-07-28T05:12:30.961-07:00Press-Bot Coffee Press by Canyon Coffee<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hey all, here is an old review of the Press-Bot coffee press </span><a href="http://www.snewsnet.com/news/press-bot-coffee-press-by-venturedesignworks/#.UfGiLn1ntfA.blogger">Press-Bot Coffee Press</a>. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Check it out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that summer break is in full swing, we are getting lots of great families visiting. It is so much fun to see the kids getting excited about experiencing the Grand Canyon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that things are getting so hot in the Grand Canyon, We are heading to higher elevations to cool off. Here are some pics from our hike up on Mount Eldon.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eagan is on the move!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sharing a drink with the locals!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The view from Skeleton Point........now again , why do they call it Skeleton Point</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Hello all. Welcome back. It has been too long since my last post. Things have been going great. The Canyon trips have been super fun. Eagan Ford is groing like a weed. And, Ryanne has been creating some incredible jewelry, using Canyon scenes. </span></span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/EvolveJewelryStudio">https://www.etsy.com/shop/EvolveJewelryStudio</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to share the backcountry experience with so many wonderful people. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you all for coming out. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some pics from our latest trips. </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">I hope you like them.
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