It didn't look like an easy task but we wanted to get down to the canyon bottom and walk around so we found a way down from another area and made our way to the canyon. And went through this HUGE culvert.
I was peering over the edge to see if the smaller canyon on the left connect to the one on the right and fortunately, it did so we started to climb down. (the bike path is across the way)
Before we made our way down, down, down, we sat at the top to eat our lunch. It was intimidating how deep the canyon really was. Once we got to the bottom, we started seeing some cool stuff right away. Like this big boulder caught in between the sides.
This is to show how steep the sides are when looking up:
This picture doesn't do justice but the Lord gifted us with seeing some wildlife. We came across Two Big Horned owls! One was in a nest across the way from one watching from a boulder. They didn't flinch by our movement and we made sure not to bother them. It was awesome!
This is to show some of the stuff we had to climb over. Talk about a full body workout! Phew! We were so tired by time we got back to the car.
There used to be water running through the bottom at some point but we don't know any history on it. It is obvious there is still water somewhere below because fresh plantlife and vegetation finds life here, amongst a lot of dead stuff. This is just a cool sight along the way out of the canyon:
We can tell that the water USED to flow out of the canyon and into Lake Mead, except that Lake Mead has lost so much water over the years that we walked all over desert that used to be lake. Sea shells, thousands and thousands of them.
With the canyon behind us and sea shells under our feet, this was the view that was before us. A glimpse of the lake along with some beautiful rock structures.
We had a great day together, it was an adventure worth taking!
This picture doesn't do justice but the Lord gifted us with seeing some wildlife. We came across Two Big Horned owls! One was in a nest across the way from one watching from a boulder. They didn't flinch by our movement and we made sure not to bother them. It was awesome!
This is to show some of the stuff we had to climb over. Talk about a full body workout! Phew! We were so tired by time we got back to the car.There used to be water running through the bottom at some point but we don't know any history on it. It is obvious there is still water somewhere below because fresh plantlife and vegetation finds life here, amongst a lot of dead stuff. This is just a cool sight along the way out of the canyon:We can tell that the water USED to flow out of the canyon and into Lake Mead, except that Lake Mead has lost so much water over the years that we walked all over desert that used to be lake. Sea shells, thousands and thousands of them.With the canyon behind us and sea shells under our feet, this was the view that was before us. A glimpse of the lake along with some beautiful rock structures.We had a great day together, it was an adventure worth taking!
I taught Jamie how to make home made noodles and we put together chicken noodle soup with wheat noodles. Turned out really good!
Maura and Aunty Tasha scooping out flour for pie crust making
