http://www.xerisarah.com/index.cfm XeriSarah.com en-us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:33:44-0700 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:58:00-0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss svpeacock@gmail.com svpeacock@gmail.com http://www.xerisarah.com/index.cfm/2008/6/30/Whatcha-Got-in-the-Ice-Box So I have been a slacker in posting on my blog, and now I am trying to make up for lost time. Back in March we went hiking in Red Rock canyon. It is right here in town and has so many trails to explore. We picked Ice Box Canyon for our first time out. The trail goes from the center of the canyon back into the narrows, ending at a water fall that flows in early spring from the melting run off from Mt. Charleston. Here we are getting started on the trail. <img src="http://www.xerisarah.com/images//Starting Hike.jpg"> There are a lot of areas on the trail that cross over the creek. At one point I looked down and found this rock. The pattern reminds me of Indian pottery you see in museums, and at the same time it also reminds me of the markings on tropical fish. <img src="http://www.xerisarah.com/images//Stripey Rock.jpg"> Here's Joe on a rock in the creek....or is it a crick? <img src="http://www.xerisarah.com/images//JoeRockCreek.jpg"> We were fascinated by the juniper bushes with these light pink berries. <img src="http://www.xerisarah.com/images//juniper1.jpg"> I got some good close ups. I love the light. <img src="http://www.xerisarah.com/images//juniper2.jpg"> <img src="http://www.xerisarah.com/images//juniper3.jpg"> This is one of the natives we met along the way. <img src="http://www.xerisarah.com/images//Beetle.jpg"> The hike followed the creek and involved a lot of rock hopping and jumping in puddles. <img src="http://www.xerisarah.com/images//Rocky Creek.jpg"> We made it to the end of the line and got to see the end of the season for the falls. Those are some other hikers who got in my shot. <img src="http://www.xerisarah.com/images//End of the Line.jpg"> I love this shot because you can see the spray lit up by the light. <img src="http://www.xerisarah.com/images//Waterfall with Drips.jpg"> On the hike out I got some shots of more plants. <img src="http://www.xerisarah.com/images//Cholla with Rocks.jpg"> I loooooove this close up. Either my photography skills have significantly improved or I was just very lucky with the lighting that day. Gee, wonder which it was. ;) <img src="http://www.xerisarah.com/images//Cholla Close Up.jpg"> Before we headed for home we hid a geocache among those rocks. Right on the other side of this is a steep drop to a creek below, so we named the cache Stream Overlook. <img src="http://www.xerisarah.com/images//Hidden Cache.jpg"> It was a great hike and we have some good photos to remember it by. I made the tropical fish rock my new desktop background. Red Rocks Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:58:00-0700 http://www.xerisarah.com/index.cfm/2008/6/30/Whatcha-Got-in-the-Ice-Box