We think that this field of flowers is happy here because the water drains off the rock, giving the field both more water and maybe some additional nutrients. Pretty, anyway!
Monday, August 06, 2007
Edge of the Flow
We think that this field of flowers is happy here because the water drains off the rock, giving the field both more water and maybe some additional nutrients. Pretty, anyway!
La Ventana Arch
This puppy is about 18 miles south of I-40 on the east side of El Malpais National Monument, on the opposite side of the lava flows from El Morro. It has a 135' span, if I recall correctly, and is an arch rather than a bridge because it wasn't created by a stream. This is the first arch of the trip, but not the last.
Long message...
The inscription is faint and the light was really bad when I took this one so I've tweaked it some. It's still mostly illegible, but at least you can see that someone took the time to carve out a whole paragraph. Way impressive.
El Morro, Inscription Rock
El Morro is along the trail from Zuni to Acoma Pueblo. Coronado passed by here. The pool at the base of the rock was the only reliable water for 30 miles around, so it was a popular stop for survey parties, cavalry troops and anyone else passing through.Sunday, June 17, 2007
From the north side of the canyon
This looks south from a point almost to the rim of the canyon. Unfortunately, it doesn't show just how far down that water is, nor how precipitous the drop is underneath my feet. Both were "very".
This one shows the highways on the right, with some idea of how the highway on the north side particularly is pinned to the side of the canyon. The far distant part of the highway is actually on the south side. It just happens to more or less align in this picture.
Upstream from US-60
To the east, the Salt's canyon is even more impressive as it has cut deeply into the Mogollon Rim of the Colorado Plateau.The Grand Canyon of the Salt River
Other places this would be a National Park. Here, it's just another great feature of the state. The Salt River is about 2,000' below the rim here and US-60 crosses the river to go from Globe to Show Low. It's 9 miles by the highway from rim to rim, full of twisting descents and climbs. There are lots of pullouts to allow drivers to rubberneck, which is good, since the scenery demands it.Miami museum
This truck is sitting in the bed of another, larger version. Behind it is a mountain made of mine debris. It's altogether an impressive demonstration of what humans can do. It also begs the question of whether this is something we should be doing.Miami, in this case, is between Mesa and Globe on US-60.
US-60, east of Superior
Heading east on US-60 from Mesa, the highway climbs through Queen Creek's narrow canyon. It's a remarkable place, with hoodoos looming on either side. Just west of this location the highway passes through a tunnel because there's no place to put it on the canyon wall.
White-winged dove and saguaro fruit
This was last Sunday morning on the Wind Cave trail at Usery Park.Many people mistake the red fruit, which pops open, for flowers at first glance.
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