Winding down Garden Canyon (view NE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view S) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view NE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view SE) |
Azure Ridge Mine (view S) |
Continuing down canyon past Azure Ridge Mine (view NE) |
Continuing down canyon (view E) |
The longest straight section in the canyon (view S) |
End of the illegal ATV ride (view S) |
Wooden debris washed down from the mine by flooding (view S) |
Wooden debris in canyon (view E) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view NE) |
First of the bedrock limestone outcrops in the wash (view NE) |
Bedrock limestone outcrops in the wash (view NE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view E) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view E) |
Water-carved stone (view W) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view E) |
Pretty little pour-over (view NE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view SE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view S) |
More mining timbers (at right) moved by flooding (view S) |
Fresh rock fall in the wash (view S) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view NE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view S) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view S) |
Garden Canyon (view S) |
Smooth, water-polished limestone walls (view S) |
Narrowest part of the canyon (view S) |
Hiker stopping to look at curious fossils (view S) |
Paint spots mark curious fossils (view W) |
Paint spots mark curious fossils (view W) |
Curious fossils (view W) |
Curious fossils (view W) |
Curious fossils (view W) |
Curious fossils (view W) |
Curious fossils (view W) |
Curious fossils (view W) |
Curious fossils (view W) |
Curious fossils (view W) |
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Curious fossils (view W) |
Paint spots mark downstream end of interesting fossils (view W) |
More to come ... |
Exiting the fossil zone and continuing down Garden Canyon (view E) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view SE) |
Polished stone (view SE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view SE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view E) |
More mining timbers (at left) moved by flooding (view NE) |
A puddle of water with honey bees (view NE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view NE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view NE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view NE) |
Another puddle of water (view E) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view SE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view SE) |
Approaching the old boiler (view NE) |
Approaching old mining equipment (view NE) |
Mining equipment (pressure tank) washed down by flooding (view NE) |
Mining equipment washed down by flooding (view SE) |
Mining equipment washed down by flooding (view E) |
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Continuing down Garden Canyon (view NE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view SE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view SE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view SE) |
More water-polished stone (view SE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view SE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view NE) |
Thick bands of chert in the layered limestone (view SE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view SE) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view NE) |
Fossils in the limestone walls (view SE) |
Fossils in the limestone walls (view SE) |
Fossils in the limestone walls (view SE) |
Fossils in the limestone walls (view SE) |
Fossils in the limestone walls (view SE) |
Fossils in the limestone walls (view S) |
Winding down Garden Canyon (view E) |
Curious layer of red sandstone (view S) |
Agave garden on the canyon wall (view S) |
Utah agave (view S) |
The canyon begins to open (view E) |
Old metal bucket possibly washed down from the mine |
Winding down Garden Wash (view E) |
Last of the canyon walls (view SE) |
Open wash on broad bajada (view SE) |
Garden Wash (view SE) |
Garden Wash (view SE) |
Ocotillo along the wash (view E) |
More ocotillo along the wash (view E) |
Northern-most population of ocotillo in Nevada (view NE) |
Approaching the second narrow canyon (view SE) |
Grand Wash Cliffs can be seen through narrow canyon (view SE) |
Approaching Lower Garden Canyon (view SE) |
Lots of Wild Burro (feral ass) scat in the wash |
Hiker entering Lower Garden Canyon (view SE) |
Layers of red and white stone (view N) |
Hiker in Lower Garden Canyon (view E) |
Hiker in Lower Garden Canyon (view NE) |
Fossils in the wall of Lower Garden Canyon (view NW) |
Fossils in Lower Garden Canyon (view NW) |
Fossils in Lower Garden Canyon (view NW) |
Fossils in Lower Garden Canyon (view NW) |
Fossils in Lower Garden Canyon (view NW) |
Winding down Lower Garden Canyon (view E) |
Winding down Lower Garden Canyon (view E) |
Winding down Lower Garden Canyon (view E) |
Small water-dissolved limestone cave in the canyon wall (view N) |
Ferns! It is always fun to find ferns in the desert (view S) |
Fossils in Lower Garden Canyon (view N) |
Fossils in Lower Garden Canyon (view N) |
Fossils in Lower Garden Canyon (view N) |
Fossils in Lower Garden Canyon (view N) |
Winding down Lower Garden Canyon (view E) |
Winding down Lower Garden Canyon (view E) |
Hiker at the end of Lower Garden Canyon (view E) |
End of Lower Garden Canyon (view SE into Grand Wash) |