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Thursday, March 30, 2017

valley of fire, two slots modified.



This hike is from P2 going east to the slick rock, then north to the White Nipple the north to the wash and left, cross the road, through two slots and turning south at the Movie Set.

 Spectacle Pod



 Evening Primrose



Mortonia



 First rock east of parking lot #2



 Color on the first rock. There are also some cool columns on the west side of the rock.



 Mariposa lily, desert Marigold and the White Nipple in the background.




 Desert Sandwort



 Passing by the White Nipple



 Desert Dandelion



 Very small Cryptantha. Flower is about 1-2 mm across



 Beavertail cactus








 Desert Marigold
 Striped bedrock


 Small colorful slot where the trail crossed the road.



 Same slot from below.


 Interior of the Eye of Iguana area. 1/4 mile south of the wash by the White Dome movie set ruins.



Rocks near the car on the west side of the road.


North Bowl of fire, cartoon elephant arch

This is a hike from mm18 on northshore road north to the wash that leads along the left end of the North Bowl headwall. It is about 5 miles RT out and back along the wash with one climb out to see the arches.

 White Wooly Daisy



 Rock Nettleand cryptantha



 Phacelia
 Weak Stemmed Mariposa lilly



 Beaver tail cactus



 Purple Mat



 Booth's Primrose


 Windmills



 Desert Larkspur



 Mojave Aster



 Phacelia




 Prince's plume



 Rhatany, white or range or pima?



 Cartoon Elephant Arch



 Very Delicate arch



 Very Delicate arch



 Brittle bush



Rock Nettle



 yellow cups
Desert Sunflower

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Falling man


Hiking around the falling man site on 3-27-2017 we saw these flowers and petroglyphs






Globe Mallow

Evening Primrose

First petroglyph wall we came to

Interesting window and column

Crawl through window looking out to Valley of Fire

Wild Heliotrope

Falling Man

Looking at petroglyphs

Golden popcorn flower with white variation

21 Goat wall

Globe mallow, purple sage, desert marigold

Phacelia

Moth on a desert marigold

Pincushion flower

Beavertail cactus