Walker Basin Apr 15
A long offtrail hike with two ruins and several rock art panels
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WALKER BASIN
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From the public trail, we cross Walker Creek
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...and climb the dry heights on the other side
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Now we can look down on where we just were
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Multicolored lichens
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A sego lily
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Lots of catclaw and prickkly pear today
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The ocotillo is leafing bu not yet in flower
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Miniature dahlia
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The first rock art panel, "Bigfoot"
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An agave in bloom
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Another rock art panel
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The first cirrus of a approaching cold front
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Each of these panels are in widely scattered locations
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This is a worked stone, but the reason for these depressions is unknown
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This would have fallen off the cliff above
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A small hunting scene
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On the alcove ceiling above this short wall, a lizard and two dogs
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Are these tally marks?
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We cross Walker Creek again...
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..and climb a hillside to a pit house
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A highly eroded calendar spitral
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This final climb takes us up to a place where we can cross above the ravine
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Hedgehogs in bloom
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A long descent to return to the public trail
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Crossing a basalt intrusion dike
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Back on the public trail
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We find a fossil coral
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