Escaped

  Some large rocks have escaped from the Monument, but have not gone far.

Trees Climb

  On the Monument even the trees climb.

Walk in the Monument

Packrat den in the rocks. Some call them trade rats. A bit like crows, they like to pick  up objects and bring back to their nests. They seem to have an eye for beauty. Some say they have a taste for the gaudy.

When they find food they may put down their found object in order to carry that food.

Their are tales pf prospectors going to the flour stash in their dugout and find the container chewed open and flour scattered about with tell-take tracks through. The prospector, after warming up to language that could make a burro blush, would find his eyes wide and his jaw dropped. In order to gather the flour the trade rat had left a beautiful golden nugget.

Camera Walk

 Morning rocks and clouds are pictured.

I find it pleasing that I can name much of that which I see. There are knowing people who would say that I name much of it incorrectly.

I haven't seen much animal life yet, but have see abundant sign. I some areas the earth is so dug up by both rodents and lizards that I stand amazed. I need a better camera to amaze you. Because I tend to avoid trails one of my feet sink into a burrow or tunnel each few steps. Animal tracks are not as evident as one might expect because much of the surface is hard or stony. Tracks of heavier animals such as coyote and fox do tend to show up more than do those of smaller denizens.

There seems to be more fox droppings now than I ever remember seeing.