Sept 2009 Geology River Trip - Day 4 Part 1 Carbon Chuar Lava Hike (Sept 16 from Carbon Camp to Grapevine)
Day 4 had several interesting items and is covered in multiple parts so that geology journal emails do not exceed mailbox sizes for some participants.
Day 4 starts with a reprise of the Grand Canyon layers along with a previous discussion by Wayne of the conditions that were required to form the Grand Canyon.
This is the start of part 1 of Day 4 –
Yesterday we finished the main Grand Canyon layers by seeing the Tapeats rise out of the river. A quick photo summary of the rock layers behind the mnemonic “Know The Canyons History, Study Rocks Made By Time” (noting that I used new or different photos in several cases – this is NOT a simple repeat of the original info). Except where noted, all photos come from the 2009 river trip we just completed.
Kaibab Limestone appears at base of point extending into river on river left
Mile1KaibabLimestone_20080913_2376_resize.jpg
Toroweap rises at river edge
Mile1.7ToroweapFormation_20080913_2387_resize.JPG
Coconino Sandstone first appears – cross bedding is apparent at right river edge which is downstream of beach on river left around mile 4.7
1322CoconinoFirstAppears_gc9a_005017.jpg
Coconino exposure with very nice example of cross bedding
2009 09/13 1330CoconinoCrossBeddingDeatil_gc9a_005044.jpg
2008 09/13 Mile3.9_CoconinoSandstone_IMG_0938_resize.JPG
Hermit Shale rises from river around RM 4.9
Mile5HermitShale_20080913_2433_resize.JPG
Supai Group appears around RM11.4
2008 09/13 Mile11.4SupaiAppears_20080913_2533_resize.JPG
2009 09/13 below of Supai
Redwall Limestone - 2008 Sept 13 images
Mile23xRedwallCave_20080913_2734_resize.JPG
Mile25RedWallCaves_IMG_0974_resize.JPG
Muav Limestone
2009/09/15 0800MuavAppears_gc9i_002849.jpg
Muav Top Two Cliff Forming and Slope Forming Members
0840MuavCliffFormerAndSlopeFormerMembers_gc9i_002958.jpg
Bright Angel Shale
cid:image009.jpg@01CA47FC.6C61F450
Tapeats Sandstone - Tapeats is a near shore marine sandstone – this and the origin of all Grand Canyon geology is discussed and illustrated in Wayne’s book with Ron Blakey Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau available thru GCA and other book sellers. This excellent book covers a lot of the beautiful and exciting geology of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.
cid:image008.jpg@01CA47FC.6C61F450
Wayne has discussed in other forums (including a 2008 river trip) five criteria needed to form the Grand Canyon (I have a 25 minute recording of the whole talk and will provide links to an mp3 of the 22.6MB recording later as well as access to the 1.7GB avi video much later):
1. Large expanse of stratified rock (the Grand Canyon are known to extend across a very large area – some strata from well east of the Grand Canyon to west of Las Vegas).
2. Variably colored (pretty/brightly colored also in our case) – the different colors help make the strata obvious to non-geologists.
3. Gently uplifted
4. Eroded/Exposed by Big River(s)
5. Dry Arid Environment near sea level (lacking the dry environment natural weathering would dominate and strip many layers completely; if well above sea level any deposits would almost certainly be eroded along with the mountains they lie upon; much of the grand canyon sedimentary rock was laid down in shallow seas or formed as part of near shore Aeolian deposits)
Wayne Ranney and Ron Blakey in Ancient Landscapes discuss and show on maps / images what the southwest US looked like when the various layers of the grand canyon were deposited (at sea level). These support and elaborate on the five criteria discussed above.
Back to Day 4
We camped at Carbon to do the Carbon Chuar Lava hike and will focus on the first section of the hike in the rest of part 1.
With our Grand Canyon strata reprise done let’s get back to the business of the 2009 river trip.
We are hiking up Carbon Creek then across Chuar Valley to Lava Canyon and back to the river – the raft was taken downstream to Lava Camp to wait for us.
We had scouted the canyon the prior night – getting to the slide before turning around due to running out of daylight (poor planning/route finding on my part).
Sept 16 we start fairly early hiking up a nice canyon – here we see an interesting rock (probably an eroded spheroid concretion likely colored by iron) Wayne discussed several possible ways this formed
0735InterestingRockInclusion_gc9i_003401.jpg
07:37 Copper Ore
0737CopperOre_gc9s_006968.jpg
07:45 I took this photo as the group started climbing the slide – to get the whole slide in the photo
0745AtSlide_gc9s_006971.jpg
Mark Combs photo of group partially up the slide (approx 07:50)
0731MarkSlideTrail_P9160310.jpg
07:55 looking down the slide from half way up – a real rock jumble
0755ViewFromHalfWayUpSlide_gc9s_006974.jpg
07:55 there is a trail here – it is not pretty but really not bad either (no two hands climbing needed)
0755TraillHereNot Pretty_gc9s_006975.jpg
07:59 soon we enter a slot canyon in the Tapeats
0759SoonEnterSlotCanyon_gc9s_006978.jpg
08:04 And progress thru it quickly climbing gradually the whole way – here we are approaching the slot canyon end
0804LeavingSlotCanyon_gc9i_003409.jpg
08:05 Wasp poses for us
0805WaspPoses_gc9i_003422.jpg
Wayne explains the Butte Fault
0810WayneExplainsButteFault_gc9i_003429.jpg
And it sure is a beaut – note the Tapeats transition from horizontal to almost vertically tilting strata right at the fault
0816ButteFault_gc9i_003440adj.jpg
End of Part 1 of Day 4
Subject: Sept 2009 Geology River Trip - Day 4 Part 2 Carbon Chuar Lava Hike (Sept 16 from Carbon Camp to Grapevine)
Day 4 had several interesting items and is covered in multiple parts so that geology journal emails do not exceed mailbox sizes for some participants.
This is the start of part 2 of Day 4 – from the Butte Fault across Chuar to Lava where we rejoin the boat that went ahead and will be waiting for us
Jim Corken at Butte Fault (a number of photos taken at this location are now on flickr.com/bmerrow in the dramatis personae set)
0820JimCorkenAtButteFault_gc9i_003454.jpg
Mark and Cindy Combs at Butte Fault
ID_MarkCindyCombs_gc9i_003461adj.jpg
08:22 Butte Fault strata almost vertical – the sky was awesome this day
0822ButteFaultStrataStandingOnEdge_gc9i_003471.jpg
08:22 Temple Butte over Butte Fault (at point where Tapeats bends)
0822TempleButteOverButteFault_gc9i_003468adj.jpg
08:26 Wayne Geology Lecture
0831GeologyLectureButteFaultandTempleButte_gc9i_003509.jpg
Wayne pointed out that the Butte Fault extends over 120 miles all the way thru Cottonwood Canyon where one sees strata standing on end – here is a photo I took during a drive thru Cottonwood Canyon in spring of 2007 of some of those tilted strata – along the same Butte Fault
0958CottonwoodCanyonStrataOnEdge_IMG_6208.jpg
Another section thru Cottonwood Canyon – almost vertical strata
1013CottonwoodCanyonTiltedStrataButteFault_IMG_6256crop.jpg
A wider view also of part of Cottonwood Canyon with tilted section rising above valley
0932CottonwoodCanyonStrata_IMG_6164adj.jpg
Back to the Grand Canyon and our Sept river trip
08:34 Temple Butte detail (I ran further up Carbon Creek to get better views of Temple Butte and Chuar Valley)
0827TempleButteDetailTBLSNameOrigin_gc9i_003496adj.jpg
08:34 view of North Rim from up Carbon Creek
0834UpCarbonCreekNorthRimView_gc9i_003516.jpg
Panorama of North Rim and Chuar
0840pan3528-30-32NRimOverChuar.jpg
08:54 possible Stromatolite
0854Stromatolite_gc9s_006994adj.jpg
08:55 Looking across Chuar towards Lava
0855LookingAcrossChuarTowardsLava_gc9s_006996.jpg
09:10 Stromatolite rich layer
0910StromatoliteRichLayer_gc9i_003613.jpg
09:13 Temple Butte rises above Chuar deposits
0913TempleButteAboveChuarDepoitsgc9i_003617.jpg
photo of Bill
09:16 fossil mud cracks – textbook shapes/angles
0916FossilMudCrackTextbookShapes_gc9s_007010adj.jpg
09:35 The Chuar Group is over 5000 feet thick and is composed of sedimentary rocks, including the Galeros and Kwagunt Formations.
Below the Chuar deposits nicely laid out – here we see the Carbon Canyon member of the Galeros Formation on top of the lower mudstones
0935ChuarDepositsLayedOutNicely_gc9i_003671.jpg
09:35 North Rim over Chuar Valley – nice shadows
0935NorthRimOverChuarValley_gc9i_003663.jpg
09:38 colored carbonates in Galeros Formation
0938ColoredCarbonates_gc9i_003690adj.jpg
09:39 Mike in front of rich colors of Galeros Formation – for scale of this and previous image
0939RichColorsCarbonateSulfate_gc9i_003695resize.jpg
09:52 Cardenas Lava above us as we descend into Lava drainage
0952CardenasLavaAboveAsWeDescendintoLavaDrainage_gc9i_003739.jpg
As we continue down we see a Cardenas Lava contact – does it look like the lava "baked" the member it touched?
Mile65_b_CardenasLavaContact_20080915_3201_resize.JPG
09:52 hike enters incised Dox cut Lava Creek
0952LavaCreekDoxCut_gc9i_003740adj.jpg
10:12 Dox with creek conglomerate cemented into the cut
1012DoxWithLrgSectionConglomerate_gc9i_003765.jpg
10:24 stream deposits at different levels in Dox
1024StreamDepositsDiffLvlsDox_gc9i_003789adj.jpg
10:29 we reach the river – looking back up Lava Creek to way we came down
1029LookingUpLava_gc9i_003797.jpg
10:50 on the river we see brick red Dox with Lava above it
1050BrickRedDoxCardenasLava_gc9i_003814.jpg
End of part 2 of Day 4
Subject: Sept 2009 Geology River Trip - Day 4 Part 3 From Lava to Grapevine (Sept 16 from Carbon Camp to Grapevine mile 81.5)
We proceed downriver from Lava
10:50 Brick Red Dox with lava beds above
1050BrickRedDoxCardenasLava_gc9i_003814.jpg
11:13 we see a high bank comprised of river deposits on river right
1113RiverDeposits_gc9i1_003838.jpg
11:18 river right supergroup deposits
1118deposits_gc9i1_003848.jpg
And again
1118deposits2_gc9i1_003851.jpg
11:43 we stopped for an arch lecture at Cardenas camp
1143ArchLlecture_gc9i1_003861.jpg
Here is the arch site excavated from a sand dune
1157ArchSite_gc9i1_003863.jpg
We leave Carddenas Camp and head down the river
12:32 the faulting that preserved the supergroup in the area ends, the canyon closes in, and the inner gorge rises again
1232GorgeClosesInAgain_gc9i1_003881.jpg
12:32 On the North Rim, Angles Gate is visible
lunch stop was at 75 mile canyon
13:06 Bill hiked up 75 mile canyon about a mile – several nice narrows
1308SideCanyon75MileCamp_gc9i1_003899.jpg
New vistas around every turn
1306BillHikedSlotLunchStop75MileCanyonNevilRapidCamp_gc9i1_003898adj.jpg
Near my turnaround – where the canyon started to open up and you could see the plateau ahead
1309Hike75MileCanyon_gc9i1_003901.jpg
1309BillHike75MileCanyonSeePlatAbove_gc9i1_003902adj.jpg
View upstream towards Nevil Rapid as we prepare to leave our lunch site.
1323ViewUpstream75MileCanyonNevilRapidCamp_gc9i1_003905.jpg
14:11 Inner Gorge slide and pour off
1411InnerGorgeSlideAndPourOff_gc9t_001960.jpg
15:10 Grapevine Camp was our stop for the night
1653GrapevineCamp_gc9i1_003918.jpg
15:16 I hiked up a side canyon to get a photo of our Grapevine Camp
1516viewFromSideCanyon_gc9t_001975.jpg
15:29 Steve Keagy at Grapevine Camp with great inner gorge backdrop
ID_SteveKeagy_gc9t_001987.jpg
15:30 detail of quartz in camp boulder
1527QuartzInGrapevineCampBoulder_gc9t_001986.jpg
16:08 camp bird poses – we had a lot of “camp birds” on this trip
1608CampBirdPoses_gc9t_001996.jpg
17:00 Grapevine Camp as the sun begins to go down
1700GrapevineCampNearsSunset_gc9t_001999asj.jpg
18:25 where is the groover?
1825WhereIsTheGroover_gc9t_002020.jpg
18:25 obligatory groover photo – this was a serious “watchout for the rocks!” spot in the dark
1823GrooverPhotoWatchTheRocks_gc9t_002016.jpg
18:26 Inner gorge granite rises above Grapevine Camp
1826InnerGorgeRisesAboveGrapevine_gc9t_002024.jpg
18:40 Grapevine Camp sunset
1840GraoevineSunset_gc9t_002028.jpg
End of Part 3 of Day 4 - end Day 4
Day 4 had several interesting items and is covered in multiple parts so that geology journal emails do not exceed mailbox sizes for some participants.
Day 4 starts with a reprise of the Grand Canyon layers along with a previous discussion by Wayne of the conditions that were required to form the Grand Canyon.
This is the start of part 1 of Day 4 –
Yesterday we finished the main Grand Canyon layers by seeing the Tapeats rise out of the river. A quick photo summary of the rock layers behind the mnemonic “Know The Canyons History, Study Rocks Made By Time” (noting that I used new or different photos in several cases – this is NOT a simple repeat of the original info). Except where noted, all photos come from the 2009 river trip we just completed.
Kaibab Limestone appears at base of point extending into river on river left
Mile1KaibabLimestone_20080913_2376_resize.jpg
Toroweap rises at river edge
Mile1.7ToroweapFormation_20080913_2387_resize.JPG
Coconino Sandstone first appears – cross bedding is apparent at right river edge which is downstream of beach on river left around mile 4.7
1322CoconinoFirstAppears_gc9a_005017.jpg
Coconino exposure with very nice example of cross bedding
2009 09/13 1330CoconinoCrossBeddingDeatil_gc9a_005044.jpg
2008 09/13 Mile3.9_CoconinoSandstone_IMG_0938_resize.JPG
Hermit Shale rises from river around RM 4.9
Mile5HermitShale_20080913_2433_resize.JPG
Supai Group appears around RM11.4
2008 09/13 Mile11.4SupaiAppears_20080913_2533_resize.JPG
2009 09/13 below of Supai
Redwall Limestone - 2008 Sept 13 images
Mile23xRedwallCave_20080913_2734_resize.JPG
Mile25RedWallCaves_IMG_0974_resize.JPG
Muav Limestone
2009/09/15 0800MuavAppears_gc9i_002849.jpg
Muav Top Two Cliff Forming and Slope Forming Members
0840MuavCliffFormerAndSlopeFormerMembers_gc9i_002958.jpg
Bright Angel Shale
cid:image009.jpg@01CA47FC.6C61F450
Tapeats Sandstone - Tapeats is a near shore marine sandstone – this and the origin of all Grand Canyon geology is discussed and illustrated in Wayne’s book with Ron Blakey Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau available thru GCA and other book sellers. This excellent book covers a lot of the beautiful and exciting geology of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.
cid:image008.jpg@01CA47FC.6C61F450
Wayne has discussed in other forums (including a 2008 river trip) five criteria needed to form the Grand Canyon (I have a 25 minute recording of the whole talk and will provide links to an mp3 of the 22.6MB recording later as well as access to the 1.7GB avi video much later):
1. Large expanse of stratified rock (the Grand Canyon are known to extend across a very large area – some strata from well east of the Grand Canyon to west of Las Vegas).
2. Variably colored (pretty/brightly colored also in our case) – the different colors help make the strata obvious to non-geologists.
3. Gently uplifted
4. Eroded/Exposed by Big River(s)
5. Dry Arid Environment near sea level (lacking the dry environment natural weathering would dominate and strip many layers completely; if well above sea level any deposits would almost certainly be eroded along with the mountains they lie upon; much of the grand canyon sedimentary rock was laid down in shallow seas or formed as part of near shore Aeolian deposits)
Wayne Ranney and Ron Blakey in Ancient Landscapes discuss and show on maps / images what the southwest US looked like when the various layers of the grand canyon were deposited (at sea level). These support and elaborate on the five criteria discussed above.
Back to Day 4
We camped at Carbon to do the Carbon Chuar Lava hike and will focus on the first section of the hike in the rest of part 1.
With our Grand Canyon strata reprise done let’s get back to the business of the 2009 river trip.
We are hiking up Carbon Creek then across Chuar Valley to Lava Canyon and back to the river – the raft was taken downstream to Lava Camp to wait for us.
We had scouted the canyon the prior night – getting to the slide before turning around due to running out of daylight (poor planning/route finding on my part).
Sept 16 we start fairly early hiking up a nice canyon – here we see an interesting rock (probably an eroded spheroid concretion likely colored by iron) Wayne discussed several possible ways this formed
0735InterestingRockInclusion_gc9i_003401.jpg
07:37 Copper Ore
0737CopperOre_gc9s_006968.jpg
07:45 I took this photo as the group started climbing the slide – to get the whole slide in the photo
0745AtSlide_gc9s_006971.jpg
Mark Combs photo of group partially up the slide (approx 07:50)
0731MarkSlideTrail_P9160310.jpg
07:55 looking down the slide from half way up – a real rock jumble
0755ViewFromHalfWayUpSlide_gc9s_006974.jpg
07:55 there is a trail here – it is not pretty but really not bad either (no two hands climbing needed)
0755TraillHereNot Pretty_gc9s_006975.jpg
07:59 soon we enter a slot canyon in the Tapeats
0759SoonEnterSlotCanyon_gc9s_006978.jpg
08:04 And progress thru it quickly climbing gradually the whole way – here we are approaching the slot canyon end
0804LeavingSlotCanyon_gc9i_003409.jpg
08:05 Wasp poses for us
0805WaspPoses_gc9i_003422.jpg
Wayne explains the Butte Fault
0810WayneExplainsButteFault_gc9i_003429.jpg
And it sure is a beaut – note the Tapeats transition from horizontal to almost vertically tilting strata right at the fault
0816ButteFault_gc9i_003440adj.jpg
End of Part 1 of Day 4
Subject: Sept 2009 Geology River Trip - Day 4 Part 2 Carbon Chuar Lava Hike (Sept 16 from Carbon Camp to Grapevine)
Day 4 had several interesting items and is covered in multiple parts so that geology journal emails do not exceed mailbox sizes for some participants.
This is the start of part 2 of Day 4 – from the Butte Fault across Chuar to Lava where we rejoin the boat that went ahead and will be waiting for us
Jim Corken at Butte Fault (a number of photos taken at this location are now on flickr.com/bmerrow in the dramatis personae set)
0820JimCorkenAtButteFault_gc9i_003454.jpg
Mark and Cindy Combs at Butte Fault
ID_MarkCindyCombs_gc9i_003461adj.jpg
08:22 Butte Fault strata almost vertical – the sky was awesome this day
0822ButteFaultStrataStandingOnEdge_gc9i_003471.jpg
08:22 Temple Butte over Butte Fault (at point where Tapeats bends)
0822TempleButteOverButteFault_gc9i_003468adj.jpg
08:26 Wayne Geology Lecture
0831GeologyLectureButteFaultandTempleButte_gc9i_003509.jpg
Wayne pointed out that the Butte Fault extends over 120 miles all the way thru Cottonwood Canyon where one sees strata standing on end – here is a photo I took during a drive thru Cottonwood Canyon in spring of 2007 of some of those tilted strata – along the same Butte Fault
0958CottonwoodCanyonStrataOnEdge_IMG_6208.jpg
Another section thru Cottonwood Canyon – almost vertical strata
1013CottonwoodCanyonTiltedStrataButteFault_IMG_6256crop.jpg
A wider view also of part of Cottonwood Canyon with tilted section rising above valley
0932CottonwoodCanyonStrata_IMG_6164adj.jpg
Back to the Grand Canyon and our Sept river trip
08:34 Temple Butte detail (I ran further up Carbon Creek to get better views of Temple Butte and Chuar Valley)
0827TempleButteDetailTBLSNameOrigin_gc9i_003496adj.jpg
08:34 view of North Rim from up Carbon Creek
0834UpCarbonCreekNorthRimView_gc9i_003516.jpg
Panorama of North Rim and Chuar
0840pan3528-30-32NRimOverChuar.jpg
08:54 possible Stromatolite
0854Stromatolite_gc9s_006994adj.jpg
08:55 Looking across Chuar towards Lava
0855LookingAcrossChuarTowardsLava_gc9s_006996.jpg
09:10 Stromatolite rich layer
0910StromatoliteRichLayer_gc9i_003613.jpg
09:13 Temple Butte rises above Chuar deposits
0913TempleButteAboveChuarDepoitsgc9i_003617.jpg
photo of Bill
09:16 fossil mud cracks – textbook shapes/angles
0916FossilMudCrackTextbookShapes_gc9s_007010adj.jpg
09:35 The Chuar Group is over 5000 feet thick and is composed of sedimentary rocks, including the Galeros and Kwagunt Formations.
Below the Chuar deposits nicely laid out – here we see the Carbon Canyon member of the Galeros Formation on top of the lower mudstones
0935ChuarDepositsLayedOutNicely_gc9i_003671.jpg
09:35 North Rim over Chuar Valley – nice shadows
0935NorthRimOverChuarValley_gc9i_003663.jpg
09:38 colored carbonates in Galeros Formation
0938ColoredCarbonates_gc9i_003690adj.jpg
09:39 Mike in front of rich colors of Galeros Formation – for scale of this and previous image
0939RichColorsCarbonateSulfate_gc9i_003695resize.jpg
09:52 Cardenas Lava above us as we descend into Lava drainage
0952CardenasLavaAboveAsWeDescendintoLavaDrainage_gc9i_003739.jpg
As we continue down we see a Cardenas Lava contact – does it look like the lava "baked" the member it touched?
Mile65_b_CardenasLavaContact_20080915_3201_resize.JPG
09:52 hike enters incised Dox cut Lava Creek
0952LavaCreekDoxCut_gc9i_003740adj.jpg
10:12 Dox with creek conglomerate cemented into the cut
1012DoxWithLrgSectionConglomerate_gc9i_003765.jpg
10:24 stream deposits at different levels in Dox
1024StreamDepositsDiffLvlsDox_gc9i_003789adj.jpg
10:29 we reach the river – looking back up Lava Creek to way we came down
1029LookingUpLava_gc9i_003797.jpg
10:50 on the river we see brick red Dox with Lava above it
1050BrickRedDoxCardenasLava_gc9i_003814.jpg
End of part 2 of Day 4
Subject: Sept 2009 Geology River Trip - Day 4 Part 3 From Lava to Grapevine (Sept 16 from Carbon Camp to Grapevine mile 81.5)
We proceed downriver from Lava
10:50 Brick Red Dox with lava beds above
1050BrickRedDoxCardenasLava_gc9i_003814.jpg
11:13 we see a high bank comprised of river deposits on river right
1113RiverDeposits_gc9i1_003838.jpg
11:18 river right supergroup deposits
1118deposits_gc9i1_003848.jpg
And again
1118deposits2_gc9i1_003851.jpg
11:43 we stopped for an arch lecture at Cardenas camp
1143ArchLlecture_gc9i1_003861.jpg
Here is the arch site excavated from a sand dune
1157ArchSite_gc9i1_003863.jpg
We leave Carddenas Camp and head down the river
12:32 the faulting that preserved the supergroup in the area ends, the canyon closes in, and the inner gorge rises again
1232GorgeClosesInAgain_gc9i1_003881.jpg
12:32 On the North Rim, Angles Gate is visible
lunch stop was at 75 mile canyon
13:06 Bill hiked up 75 mile canyon about a mile – several nice narrows
1308SideCanyon75MileCamp_gc9i1_003899.jpg
New vistas around every turn
1306BillHikedSlotLunchStop75MileCanyonNevilRapidCamp_gc9i1_003898adj.jpg
Near my turnaround – where the canyon started to open up and you could see the plateau ahead
1309Hike75MileCanyon_gc9i1_003901.jpg
1309BillHike75MileCanyonSeePlatAbove_gc9i1_003902adj.jpg
View upstream towards Nevil Rapid as we prepare to leave our lunch site.
1323ViewUpstream75MileCanyonNevilRapidCamp_gc9i1_003905.jpg
14:11 Inner Gorge slide and pour off
1411InnerGorgeSlideAndPourOff_gc9t_001960.jpg
15:10 Grapevine Camp was our stop for the night
1653GrapevineCamp_gc9i1_003918.jpg
15:16 I hiked up a side canyon to get a photo of our Grapevine Camp
1516viewFromSideCanyon_gc9t_001975.jpg
15:29 Steve Keagy at Grapevine Camp with great inner gorge backdrop
ID_SteveKeagy_gc9t_001987.jpg
15:30 detail of quartz in camp boulder
1527QuartzInGrapevineCampBoulder_gc9t_001986.jpg
16:08 camp bird poses – we had a lot of “camp birds” on this trip
1608CampBirdPoses_gc9t_001996.jpg
17:00 Grapevine Camp as the sun begins to go down
1700GrapevineCampNearsSunset_gc9t_001999asj.jpg
18:25 where is the groover?
1825WhereIsTheGroover_gc9t_002020.jpg
18:25 obligatory groover photo – this was a serious “watchout for the rocks!” spot in the dark
1823GrooverPhotoWatchTheRocks_gc9t_002016.jpg
18:26 Inner gorge granite rises above Grapevine Camp
1826InnerGorgeRisesAboveGrapevine_gc9t_002024.jpg
18:40 Grapevine Camp sunset
1840GraoevineSunset_gc9t_002028.jpg
End of Part 3 of Day 4 - end Day 4
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