Pyramids and Polygons Mar 15
From a point on Upper Loop Rd about two miles below the high school.
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PYRAMIDS AND POLYGONS
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The initial climb is the steepest, up the Pyramid hill onto a long ridge
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From high on the Pyramid, looking across lower west Sedona to Cathedral Rock
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Up onto the Fort Apache limestone
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Looking back at Red Rock High
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Some ocotillo are almost ready to blooom
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A hawk circles over us
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Our first sight of tesselated pavement, limestone polygons on sandstone
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back algae growing in this seep is very slippery!
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A scour pool, formed by water eddying after a drop
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Our second polygon field, a good place for lunch
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Back by way of the ledges
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There is a swallow's nest in this crack
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