Mark's Scenic Arizona

Point Trail = August 17, 2011

Short and STEEP for our third West Clear Creek hike

We prepared for swims but had only one waist-deep wade

Trailhead sign a little worse for wear
The extra-long bolts didn't help
Glimpse across the gorge on the way down
Another view from part way down
West Clear Creek canyon
West Clear Creek canyon
West Clear Creek canyon
West Clear Creek canyon walls
West Clear Creek canyon walls
Ripple reflections from the creek
Ripple reflections from the creek
West Clear Creek
Plants growing along the seepage
West Clear Creek
West Clear Creek
Along West Clear Creek
Along West Clear Creek
Along West Clear Creek
Along West Clear Creek
West Clear Creek algae
Taken at 1/60th second
Same shot at 1/10th second
Taken at 1/10th second
Taken at 1/15th second
Taken at 1/15th second
Along West Clear Creek
West Clear Creek
Along West Clear Creek
Taken at 1/10th second
Along West Clear Creek
Great time and place...
Dsut/dirt on the surface from wall runoff?
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
More of the substance on the surface
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Mormon Fritillary butterfly
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Looked like a small teepee high on the canyon wall
Rock in a hole eroded into the bedrock
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Mating of dissimilar species?
Moss along the rocky bottom
Fishing Spider
Fishing Spider close-up
Dead crawdad and a live something
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Miniature sub?
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
Canyon walls along West Clear Creek
On the trail back up

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