Wandering through the hoodoos

We trekked down into the canyon to get a close up view of the terrain. The trail names reflect some of the shapes along them…at least sort of: Queen’s Garden (Queen Victoria hoodoo), Navaho (the rock color I think), and Peek-a-boo (lots of windows and some arches to peek through). My favorite part was a set of switchbacks through a narrow steep box canyon that had lots of big Ponderosa Pine growing in it. It seemed very weird to find them there. The green of the needles and reds of the stone really look beautiful together. It was a great hike and a totally different perspective from up on the rim.

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