We drove 5 miles on an unpaved, windy, rocky road just to get to the entrance of the canyon - this took about one hour because of the rough terrain. You must have a high-clearance vehicle to do this. Then we walked about .5 miles on rocks and shale to get over to the canyon. This was all formed millions of years ago by repeated upheavals in the earth.
-----Top left: Irene & Joe (behind the camera) looking up & trying to decide how we'll climb up to see the "little watering hole" that's pictured in the postcards we found.
-----Top right: the beautiful layers of rock up close.
-----Middle: the little watering hole up close - what a rip-off! The postcard showed the water to be a bright turquoise. Artistic license, I guess.
-----Bottom left: Joe made it to the top - see the water hole in front of the camera. That little speck down below is Irene, still trying to climb up. She'd better hurry up - in the rainy season, there are flash floods and this whole canyon fills up with rushing water. When the water recedes, some of it remains in that little hole. Often, small animals fall in the hole and can't get out, as the hole is endlessly deep.
