Up Little Painted Canyon and Down Big Painted Canyon 11/21/05

North east of the Salton Sea are some beautiful desert canyons and so we had to go take a look.
Not really an off road wheeling sort of thing, mostly a hike, but very fun!!

Before you even get to the canyons, the colors show!	Closer!	Wonderful formations!	The desert rocks!	Up the wide canyon in the truck!
Truck in the canyon.	Deeper we go!	And deeper!	Then the truck has to  stay behind and we start to hike! Ruby is ready to go!	Dennis at the mouth of Little Painted Canyon.
Little Painted Canyon . . .	Every turn in the canyon is another beautiful view.	More . .	. . . and more . . .	. . . and more!
The canyon walls are  interesting close up!	The canyon is still  wide here.	Look at this!	Wonderful!	Ruby in the shade.
Dennis hiking along!	A lot to see. . .	. . .	. . .	Ruby hiking!
More to see . . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
. . .	. . .	Narrower!	Ruby in the narrows of Little Painted Canyon.	A whole new look as the canyon narrows.
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Slowing coming to the top!	Look at the rocks!	Colors!	More colors!	Look at all the colors.
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. . .	Ruby!	Canyon!!	Nearly the top!	Dennis going up the dry falls,
Ruby going up the dry  falls!	Ruby climbing.	Nearly out of the canyon.	Dennis!	Not much of a trail on this last part of Little  Painted Canyon.
The top!!! Way off in the  distance is the Salton Sea!	Looking down  Big Painted Canyon from the top.	Looking down the  way we came again.	Ruby makes it to the top!	Starting down the next canyon, Big Painted Canyon.
The shadows show it is  getting into late afternoon.	Going down the canyon.	Ant hills!	Ocotillo in the canyon!	Looks like a dragon!
Nice views . . .	. . .	. . .	Green rock with pink!	You really need to click these and see what  wonderful views we enjoyed.
Ruby at a red rock that looks like it glows.	More canyon . . .	Look at the colors!	. . .	Getting later!
Ruby on the rocks!	Getting later!	The views keep coming!	Rugged!	Beutiful!
The last look of the  open canyon.	Things start to close in.	Look at the black and  white rock near the  bottom. Looks nearly like it was burned but it is rock.	A close look at the black  and white rock.	Ruby looking at rocks!
Still going down the  canyon . . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	Getting narrow!
And Narrower!	And then a falls!	Ruby lowers a pack before going down  the rickety old ladder.	Another ladder we had to go down.	Nearly out . . .
And the sun sets!	But we reach the truck just in time!