This visit was in springtime, whereas the last was in snowfall. We also camped in a different campground. This visit we were put in Mesquite because the rangers thought our satellite dish would get a better reception than in Hackberry. The dish did work great...until we had to lower it because of periodic wind gusts that were close to 40mph. We were too busy playing anyhow!
It only took us a minute to set up camp and start enjoying our backyard view.
We had to first shoo the wild turkey out of our driveway.
We took a hike around the campground and took in some of the views: caprocks....
Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes (this was one of three we saw in two days)...
Here's one of the cabins available to rent...
And when the sunset colors hits the canyon walls, it just glows.
Saturday we went for a bike ride through the park. Here's Andy near Capitol Peak:
And me at a lookout near Lighthouse Point.
This Horny Toad Lizard was only one of the critters we saw on our ride. Andy scared off four Javelinas crossing a drywash and we saw a rattler cornered by 6 people trying to get his picture - we warned them that it wasn't a good sign when they rattle, but you "gotta get the photo", right?!
The colors in this park are so varied: reds, purples, greys, yellows, creams. Just lovely.
Later that night we decided to go exploring. The park is completely open, which is kinda foreign to us to be able to hike anywhere we want. We decided to scramble up this wash area and we were near a crest about halfway to the rim when Andy noticed two holes in the earth near one another. After looking into the second chamber he guessed that the 6' diameter opening was hollowed out below the surface and at least 30' deep. All of a sudden the ground we were standing on didn't feel so solid. We scrambled quickly back down figuring it was not prudent to keep going up...15 minutes before sunset...and *no one* knowing where we were.
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Cool, I like it. Text, photos...
Excellent!!!
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