North Bowl of Fire, Cartoon Elephant arch

Ten hikers started out from MM3 on Callville wash road to follow the west side wash to the back side of North bowl of Fire.

This is the view approaching the escarpment.

Climbing out of the wash on the west end of North Bowl

The first arch we came to... Very Delicate Arch
Link to panorama of this arch, It is also on Google Maps, Satellite
When the link opens you have to click the photo again to activate the 360 degree feature.

The group shot at Very Delicate arch

About 100 feet away is Cartoon Elephant Arch

A window in the rocks on the way around to the path into the return canyon.

From there we worked our way around the rocks past the arches to a place where we could create a loop hike

Climbing down into the exit wash.

Link to the panorama i took today. You can also see it in Google Maps Satelite street view.
When the link opens you have to click the photo again to activate the 360 degree feature.
From here is was back to the cars. A 5.7 mile hike in 4.5 hours. 1.26 mph average.

Entire track. North is to the left. 5.7 miles

Just the loop portion of the track. North is still to the left.

Toadstools

Toadstool trail is in northern AZ off hwy 89 east of the Paria river crossing. 1.6 miles RT, easy. Trail head is right on the highway and is marked.

Canyon X, Nov 9, 2017

Canyon X is an upper tributary to Antelope canyon but not nearly as popular. We were allowed to spend about one hour taking photos without interruption from other visitors.

This is the first time I tried a bracketed set combined into an HDR with Lightroom. There is a lot to look forward to using this method of slot photography

This is a single shot taken with a small aperture to maximize depth of field. And a low ISO to increase dynamic range, It also was focused manually because it is too dark for autofocus to work. About a 60 second time exposure on a tripod.

The areas of indirect light seem to have the best color. But it is hard to focus in the dark and time exposures can go over 60 seconds.

Supai village

Supai is one of the most remote villages in the US. Only accessible with a 8 mile hike down the canyon. No roads go there, and all transportation is by horse or foot, or helicopter on certain days.

Looking down canyon from the trailhead.

One of the transport helicopters

The upper part of the trail has many switchbacks to get to the bottom of the wash but then it is just a wash walk to the village

Buckthorn sticker bush

One of the first falls below the village

Travertine pools below the falls

First view of Havasu falls

Us in front of Havasu falls

On the trail to Mooney falls

Warning sign at the top of Mooney falls

Half way down the trail to the bottom. The trail goes through tunnels through the rocks with chains in the open areas.

Part of the campground on Havasu creek

Going back up the trail to the car

At the top of the trail looking back down.

Horsed coming up the wash before starting the switchbacks to the rim

One of the switchbacks

Pack trail going around a switchback