Day 48 - Snow Canyon: White Rocks Amphitheatre
The Team, ready to tackle the White Rocks.
The mighty Cholla, the most dangerous apex cactus in the West.
Waay up there is the amphitheatre.
Moounds of grassy brush line the way the white rock climb.
The cholla here are amongst the largest plants of the type we've ever seen. More like choll bushes.
Pahoehoe lava flows on this land. It's unusual to see outside of Hawaii.
The Team on the ascent.
The Team ahead of us summits.
The landscape on the white rock climb is significantly different. The pools are full fro the recent rain events. I think we are lucky to see it like this.
White rock to one side - ropey rock to the other.
We make it to the inner bowl of the amphitheatre.
A little family perches in the amphitheatre.
Incredible little plants have found their home in the rock cracks in the shelter of the amphitheatre.
An entire garden establishes itself.
The Team on the descent. As usual, we are low on oxygen and daylight.
Oblivious to the shortages of daylight and oxygen, little kids scamper across the landscape.
Russ navigates the steepest sloping section.
The whole team makes it down the precarious climb.
Lava gardens everywhere.
Back to much gentler sandy slopes.
Yeah - I dug a hole. Sometimes a girl just has to do what she has to do.
Back at home base - the alien invasion fleet finds us once again. We're just trying to relax with coffee. They never give us a break.
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