dryfj.com / drycyclist.com (kevin cook)

4/43
[ stop the slideshow ]

As the sun sets at Pachalka Spring, I look to the southeast and see the full moon rising

04205-pachalka-spring.jpg From the canyon, I climb up a short, steep hill of loose rock and take a 1/2-hour break to soak up the views from 6350 feetThumbnailsI hike by the old prospect that I passed on the way up and I'm back on the old road again, still heading downwardFrom the canyon, I climb up a short, steep hill of loose rock and take a 1/2-hour break to soak up the views from 6350 feetThumbnailsI hike by the old prospect that I passed on the way up and I'm back on the old road again, still heading downwardFrom the canyon, I climb up a short, steep hill of loose rock and take a 1/2-hour break to soak up the views from 6350 feetThumbnailsI hike by the old prospect that I passed on the way up and I'm back on the old road again, still heading downwardFrom the canyon, I climb up a short, steep hill of loose rock and take a 1/2-hour break to soak up the views from 6350 feetThumbnailsI hike by the old prospect that I passed on the way up and I'm back on the old road again, still heading downwardFrom the canyon, I climb up a short, steep hill of loose rock and take a 1/2-hour break to soak up the views from 6350 feetThumbnailsI hike by the old prospect that I passed on the way up and I'm back on the old road again, still heading downward

It has been fairly windy all day, but there's not a cloud in the sky right now. The strong winds subside from time to time so that I can hear the clucking of quail over by Pachalka Spring.