Mark's Scenic Arizona

Search for GPS Joe = December 25, 2010

We were out searching some new areas for signs of GPS Joe

Alas! Our hopes for a Christmas Miracle did not come through

Mount Peeley 10 minutes after sunrise
Moon above Mount Peeley
Mazatzal Peak on the right
Moon above Peeley again
Over toward Mazatzal Peak again
Lingering snow on the trail
Continuing through the search area
Looks like a nest of antlers
The moon is still keeping watch
Burned out tree trunk
Beginning of my search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Following two elk along a game trail
Continuing through the search area
Continuing to traverse eastward below the trail
Continuing through the search area
Looks almost like a nuclear wasteland
More wasteland
Continuing through the search area
More tree skeletons
And another skeleton
Fresh black bear scat
Gnarly tree trunk
Gnarly tree trunk take two
Continuing through the search area
Gnarly tree trunk
Some snow and some frost
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
More frost
Another shot of the frost
Frost mixed in with charred wood
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Looking below the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Old 5 gallon Union 76 oil can
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
More tree skeletons
2. Turn left - Slog Uphill :-)
I felt like Dragonslayer
Or is it a bird of prey?
Nearing the summit of Mt Peeley
More skeletons
Sheep Mountain is the highest peak
Mazatzal Divide Trail runs horizontally
Witch tree?
Mount Peeley summit mark
Dead tree on the Peeley summit
Road to the trail head
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
This was fun to hike through
More fun stuff
Row of dead pines
Continuing through the search area
Continuing through the search area
Fat hollow tree
Closeup of the hollow
Dancing skeletons

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