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Found a whole bunch of Indian pottery shards just sitting there on the sandstone shelf. How is it they'd sat there for so long? Something is odd about this. I put a few next to each other for this picture. I wonder if there's enough to reconstruct the pot? Dunno. I'll ask the museum people if they're interested in knowing the location.
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It started getting to be a blazing hot 72 degrees, so we headed back home. A decent little exploration trip.
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A short hike after a lot of rain. Woodstock is the perfect color to vanish into the desert.
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We found a water filled pot-hole in a room-sized boulder.
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Its beginning to green up. Last year was a drought, and this year is super wet. I expect the desert to bloom soon.
Oh how pretty! It will be amazing when the desert plants come out, although I expect the gnats to be an even gnastier gnuisance in a wet year.
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Left the house at 6:00 hoping to beat the heat or thunder storms (take your pick).
It had rained yesterday and I wasn't sure if this trip would pan out, but it was great.
We hardly had to deal with any gnats, either. They've been fierce lately.
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I was looking for a certain rock formation I wanted to photograph for a contest.
I didn't find it. Huh. I thought it was in this area (shrug)
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There were other cool rocks. But of course!
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Shelby GT was the goat of the day wearing his fancy pack saddle and as usual,
being a flawless pack goat!
I got home by 9:45 and made breakfast. Nice morning, don't you think?
So pretty! Can't wait till the trip in September!
I hope I'm not trying to crash a private 8nvite event but if this September event is for any NapGa members, we would sure like.to know the details. Is there a link? I can't find anything on the NapGa website or don't know where to look here. If it is private invite, I apologise.
It was Taffy's idea originally-- September 21-28, 2019. Anyone can come. I haven't planned too much yet. We'll be hopping around a few different places though. It'll all be paved or smooth dirt roads and hiking will be kept reasonable.
I left my sunglasses out in the desert. They cost 15 dollars when new, two years ago, so I had no choice but to retrieve them at all costs.
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Starting out in the shade.
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Glorious sky
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Contrasting shadows part A
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Contrasting shadows part B
The cliff in the distance is Lookout Point. Being on top is kinda scary.
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Luna was having a nice day so far.
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Later that night she got a chunk of hide taken out of her down to the meat by one of the horses. The way she hassles them, I'd bite her too if I were a horse. She's at the vet overnight since I had them fix her while she was there.
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You'd think they were friends.
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Any hike Woodstock is on, you're guaranteed to get a good 'resting' photo.
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Woodstock: Goat of Adventure and Stuff
You didn't say - were your sunglasses where you left them?!
Awesome photos! But I have to ask... how does anyone manage to keep the same sunglasses for TWO YEARS??? I'm extremely lucky if I get six months out of mine!