Nature pics

More from my hike to Hemmed in Hollow:

KazzBeDoinIt wrote: »

Found this while on one of my walks. Kind of like a Rocky moment!

Can I have this pic?

This showed up in my Facebook memories, taken outside my house before I moved from Texas to Arkansas:

Thanks everyone for keeping this thread going! I just got back from a trip of a lifetime down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. Ten days of rafting and hiking. I'll preface by apologizing for putting in so many pictures, but consider I took over 850...well...I tried to pick the VERY best for the theme of this thread!



















Thunder River, where water comes spewing out of the middle of a rock; quite the hike up Tapeats Creek and up Thunder; much elevation gain, and I was thrilled to see how my weight training has benefitted my physical abilities!







Coming back along Deer Creek:





Finishing the hike by heading down to the boat--this part of the descent was about 1/3 of the total descent (and equally 1/3 of the total ASCENT that had to happen beforehand; had about 3 sets of 800+ foot climbs); have to say the ascending was much easier than the descending:



Havasu Creek near its mouth at the Colorado River:



Just a beauty shot:



Critters along the way, a brown pelican:



Desert bighorn sheep (saw quite a few):



Me and my sis!



I'm doing a blog entry that will be up in a few days with many more shots and descriptions--if you get the chance to do a trip like this, DO IT!!!!