On our fifth day in Green River we finally had rain so we relaxed in the RV and I started painting the stones in my lizard and cactus piece. I’ve decided the painting will be titled ‘Desert Compadres’.
The next day was our last full day here so we decided to take an interesting short hike that was just west of town, in Black Dragon Canyon. (Something much simpler than Horseshoe Canyon!) We had to drive through a couple of washes to get there but they were fairly firm despite yesterday’s rain and we were parked at the mouth of the canyon in no time.
The first two photos below show John in the canyon. In the left photo his tiny silhouette can be seen just above the shadowed canyon floor just right of centre. The photo on the right shows him below the wall where the pictograms (ancient drawings on the rock) are located.
These photos below are a sampling of the pictograms we saw about a half mile up the canyon. Some were difficult to find since they are very faded and worn.
We found these lovely white flowers blooming on the canyon floor. The photo is close to life size. The plant growing out of a rock crevice cast a beautiful shadow on the canyon wall. How can the plant survive and bloom there?
I couldn’t resist taking the photos below of some of the colourful pebbles at our feet. Watch for these in future paintings! Guess I’m just a ‘rocker’ at heart. lol
We only spent about an hour in Black Dragon so decided to hike up some nearby canyons that were marked on our trail map. They were totally different - climbing very steeply up a large outcropping. We made it to the top and ate our picnic lunch up there. We saw some very unusual shapes and colours of rocks. In the photo below John is perched on some big ones near the summit.
We descended down another canyon from the one we climbed up. In the photo below you can see the dry wash where rainwater flows down. Our truck is parked by the cluster of greenery in the plain in the distance. Hard to believe we climbed that high!
While we were in the Green River area we saw lots of Fedex trucks with triple trailers. An unusual sight for us! Would love to see the driver backing that sucker up…
July 21st, 2009 at 12:29 pm I love the little white delecate flower. Simply amazing!