Twin Pillars Jan 09
From the Turkey Tank trailhead on Verde Valley School Road in Village of Oak Creek
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TWIN PILLARS
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Frosty grass greets us at 9 am this winter morning
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Cathedral Rock
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Thin sandstone layering in a wash
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The Coffeepot
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"The Fort", with its battlement of Fort Apache limestone
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We climb the hill approaching the Fort
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Getting close to The Fort
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We pause for a snack
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Climbin the lower part of the Fort
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This is the Fort Apache limestone layer...
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slightly harder than the red sandstone, weathering out of it
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This is as high as we're going to go today
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We start down
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A distant meadow
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The Twin Pillars, our original goal
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This is the meadow we had seen from above
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Stopping for lunch
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