ARCHIVE - Landscapes of Change: Dry Falls » Brylie Oxley http://blogs.evergreen.edu/dryfalls Writing & Mapping the Future Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:36:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 ARCHIVE - La Mesa Journey http://blogs.evergreen.edu/dryfalls/2012/10/20/journey-to-la-mesa/ http://blogs.evergreen.edu/dryfalls/2012/10/20/journey-to-la-mesa/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:25:25 +0000 http://blogs.evergreen.edu/dryfalls/?p=1055 Continue reading ]]> On day two, the Carrot Spoons made the journey to La Mesa.

Sunrise view of La Mesa

Sunrise view of La Mesa

Carrot Spoons - Base Camp - Dry Falls Lake - Red Alkaline Lake

Carrot Spoons – Base Camp – Dry Falls Lake – Red Alkaline Lake

On the way back, we explored a huge channel, which turned out not to be a shortcut. It was great anyway!

Carrot spoons, in search of a shortcut, explore a giant channel.

Carrot spoons, in search of a shortcut, explore a giant channel.

Their track is meandering, and appears to fall off the edge of the mesa.

Image shows the elevation of our path.

Image shows the elevation of our path.

We also stopped to admire the watering hole, a.k.a. the cattle cooler.

All of the Carrot Spoons made it safely to base camp that evening.

 

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