Mark's Scenic Arizona

Skeleton Cave = October 5, 2011

VERY rough road to and from the trail head

Followed with a beautiful yet strenuous hike

Clouds rolling over Four Peaks
First glimpse of Apache Lake
Sheep Mountain on the right
Dropping into Hell's Hip Pocket
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Joe's pointing the way
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Joe checking out Grasshopper Lounge
Grasshopper Lounge
Joe taking photo of wasp nest
Wasp nest
Wasp nest take two
Right side of Grasshopper Lounge
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Full-width shot of Grasshopper Lounge
Sample ot terrain we passed through
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Snake-in-the-grass diamond-back rattler
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Coyote scat
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Joe checking shelf integrity
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Four Peaks
Deer scat
Approaching our destination
Salt River
Salt River
Superstitions in the background
Nurse tree
Is this Easter Island?
Joe about ot have lunch on an outcrop
Alluvial fan
Alluvial fan
Another view of the Salt River
Glistening surface on the Salt Water
Joe's lunch spot
Skeleton Cave is off to the left
Skeleton Cave is just below right
Black Cross Butte to the right
Superstitions in background
Cave across the Salt River at full zoom
Skeleton Cave
Directly above Skeleton Cave
Looking back as we began our return trip
Apache Lake
Heading back through Hell's Hip Pocket
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Distinctive Saguaro
Closer shot of the Saguaro
Saguaro from the other side
Rock sheared off as Joe passed
Look's like a dog snout
Hell's Hip Pocket area
Ahh! Even ground for a change
Haze over the Superstitions
Hell's Hip Pocket Ridge
Apache Lake in the background
Tarantula out for an evening stroll

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