Kelly Canyon Sep 14
A picturesque small canyon east of Hwy 89A just above the top of Oak Creek Canyon
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KELLY CANYON
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After a wet summer, there is still a lot of water pooled in the colorful canyon
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Walking the furrowed limestone canyon bottom as it rises toward the Rim
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As the altitude increases, ferns begin to appear
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The cave arch, which allows access to an uphill trail on the other side
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We are now above the limestone pavement and into ponderosa forest
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The ferns are now increasingly browned by frost
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Sniffing a ponderosa to smell the 'butterscotch'
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And we start down...
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Not much fall color yet, but the smallest plants seem to start first
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Deeply eroded limestone pavement
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