Mark's Scenic Arizona

Superstition Wilderness = March 7, 2009

Second Water, Boulder, Cavalry & Lost Dutchman Trails

Unintended long off-trail trek made for an 8 hour hike

Battleship Mountain
Battleship Mountain
That's some eerie algae
Boulder Canyon Trail
Ripples on the water
Green in and out of the water
Algae on top and bottom
Algae encapsulating the rocks
A rock
Boulders galore!
Ripples cause a leopard effect on the surface
Here's our turn-off onto Cavalry Trail
Malapais Mountain
Malapais Mountain
Tip of Weaver's Needle
Malapais Mountain on left
Malapais Mountain
Weird lines in the sand
Closeup
Looks like green fluid coming from rock
Copper-colored rocks
Spider with web barely above the surface
Hard to tell, but this was like a 100' deep bowl
Well hidden rock cairn
Find the same cairn now
Full zoom and there's the cairn
Fire ants
Prickly game of twister
Weaver's Needle trying to grab the attention
Butterfiles of some kind
Tried closer and only one stayed
American Lady butterfly
Weaver's Needle surfacing?
American Lady again
American Lady once more
 

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