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Category: North Rim

07 August 2010

Walk about

01 Looking through the Pines to the RV NR GRCA NP AZ (797x1024)

Home in the woods

On our last day off Tuesday, Mike and I took a walk on the Transept  trail from where we live to the Grand Lodge.

02 Deva, Brahama & Zoroaster temples from Transept trail NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x764)

This is a forested western rim walk with great views of Grand Canyon.

03 Mule deer below Transept trail NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x768)

Even the Mule deer enjoy the view.

04 Huge fallen tree across gully by Transept trail NR GRCA NP AZ (768x1024)

We occasionally walked off trail through the dense forest. No, we didn’t walk over the tree bridge.

05 Pinedrops along Transept trail NR GRCA NP AZ (768x1024)

And saw these Pinedrops almost hidden on the forest floor.

06 Brachiopod fossil along Transept trail NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x768)

Plus saw quite a few fossils like this brachiopod embedded in the limestone.

07 Head of Transept canyon from Transept trail overlook NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x768)

This is the head of Transept Canyon.

08 Juniper snap against stormy sky from BAP trail NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x743)

Then we walked out to Bright Angel Point.

09 Mike looking over canyon from BAP trail NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x766)

And enjoyed more canyon views.

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06 August 2010

Wandering garter snake

01 Wandering Garter Snake 12-18in BAP trail NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x952)

A Wandering Garter Snake slid across the rock by my feet. Now I can identify with the wandering part. But I’ve never been much for snakes. And I don’t get the garter part, maybe because I don’t wear nylons.

02 Wandering Garter Snake 12-18in BAP trail NR GRCA NP AZ (591x499)

This slender snake measured about 18 inches (16 cm) with a head barely wider than the neck. Garter snakes are the single most widely distributed genus of reptile in North America.  They come in a variety of colors like gray, brown or green with stripes of yellow, brown or orange and checkered with black dots. So confusing.

03 Wandering Garter Snake 12-18in BAP trail NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x768)

I read that the toxins in their saliva can be deadly to their prey of amphibians, fish, birds, mice, lizards, snakes, worms, leeches, slugs and snails. And their bite might produce an unpleasant reaction in humans, but they are not considered dangerous to humans. Oh sure, like I would pick up Any snake.

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01 August 2010

Road work at the North Rim

01 Chip seal on parking lot by VC at NR GRCA NP AZ

We’ve been dealing with the resurfacing of roads and parking lots here for almost a month now. I realize that during the heat of summer is the only time this nasty job can be done. Yet it sure screws up traffic. And with 1/4 to 1/2 the parking lot closed at one time visitors are having to park along the road, which some don’t seem to understand that their vehicles need to be OFF the road. I’m surprised no one’s been creamed. I’ve driven around in circles up to 5 times trying to park so I can go to work. Plus, where concession employees park their RVs have also been resealed and those poor folks had to move their rolling homes twice. Sure glad I park on dirt and gravel in this case. But here’s the corker. With the job only half done, it’s been discovered that no catalyst was in this black messy slurry so it will never set up and now it all has to be dug up and done over. I guess when you choose the lowest bidder, you get what you pay for. The company’s name has been withheld to protect the guilty.

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