Saturday, July 6, 2013

First Creek Canyon

This is pretty cool....

...was out on a "Vegas Trip" a few years back to visit 'buddy Matt'. Unfortunately (not for me, however) happened to be a "rainy season" - think it rained three days in the desert that year - I was there for two - one in Spring - one in Fall - missed the third... the Fall visit was a big storm by desert standards - doesn't take much rain to get "dry gulched"....

... was callin' for some big rains, so I was bein' a little cautious - didn't want to be remembered as some "dickhead" from "back east" who "got in over his head not knowing the land" (it can rain rain twenty miles away out there and "flash flood" with no warning - saw it happen) - however - been "swamped' many times on some local eastern rivers and creeks - have "swam" some "treacherous" water in the days....

... anyway, considering the weather, was lookin' for something easy to do. Decided to check out the 'First Creek Canyon Trail' out at 'Red Rock Canyon' - not much mentioned or published about it - easy access off Route 159 (ya' park at the trailhead)...

WOW! - what a pleasant surprise that was....

... right "off the bat", and only gets better... 'Cholla Cactus'....

... the "man upstairs" definitely lookin' over my shoulder this day... what a great hike...

... "wonderful world of color"...

... nuthin' but brilliantly colored cobbles and boulders everywhere ya' look...

..."ditto"....

... a rock garden...

..."ditto again"...

... "ditto again, again"...

... nicely colored...

... 'wild Burro turds'!! - and fresh, too - now I'm amp'd - been dying to encounter one "in the wild" for the last several trips - up to now, no luck...

... this is real - many people who viewed this photo think that rock is "painted"...

... a lucky day to be "out and about"...

... pretty cool split boulder...

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... still trackin' that 'Burro'...

... very low cloud cover for the desert this day - good lighting...

... some cloud covered 'Red Rock' spires...

... headin' into the 'Canyon'... bet the cloud cover is less than 1K-ft...

... what a great hike for small kids... can just picture 'em havin' fun collecting all the multi-colored small rocks and cobbles lying about... 

... another cactus....

... !!!!!...

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...!!!...

... never encountered the burros  - not for lack of trying - being their "back yard", I'm sure that they made a real "ass" of me - probably circled right around me in the tall brush without even seeing them - glad that they are not carnivores....

... added this photo for a sense of scale of the land and level of the "brush" - that guy in the photo is probably six foot tall...

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