We saw this Big Horn Sheep at the airport |
Me as we walked through Palm Springs |
Starting our hike in the Indio Hills Badlands. We crossed a channel taking water from the Colorado River to LA.
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The Indio Hills
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Our hiking group, friends mostly from Seattle
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As we started hiking a couple vultures circled above
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Hiking into the "badlands"
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Hiking through small slot canyons
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Working our way through channels of the badlands
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Sculpted rock along the trail
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Michael and Rex hiking
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Interesting erosion of the rock in the badlands
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A view of the Coachella Valley on our trip to Idyllwild in the mountains out of Palm Springs
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On the way back to Palm Springs there was this view point looking to a distant lake and the sun low in the sky
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Walking through Palm Springs we came to this park one evening. The water to the left changes color.
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The view as we were about to start our hike to Black Rock Canyon and the Panorama Loop in Joshua Tree National Park
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Starting our hike in Joshua Tree
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Getting into Black Rock Canyon
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A squirrel watched as we hiked through
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One of the largest Joshua Trees in the Park with snowy San Gorgonia Mountain in the distance
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A golden cholla cactus
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Hiking through some interesting blue/white leafless shrubs. 3 rangers I talked to couldn't identify them.
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As we hiked the Lykken Trail, just out of Palm Springs, I spotted this lizard watching us from under a rock
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Looking over Palm Springs from the Simonetta Kennett Vista Point at a picnic area on the Lykken Trail
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Barrel cacti along the trail
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As Michael and I were hiking down we got to see several Big Horn Sheep on the horizon above us
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We got to see a beautiful sunset on the flight home. The red below the clouds reminded me of lava.
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Us in Indio Hills Badlands
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