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West Edgar Canyon #3 is, as you might expect, full of rocks, big and small

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07491-providence-mountains.jpg A barrel-cactus garden at the mouth of "West Edgar Canyon #3," Providence MountainsThumbnailsAs I enter West Edgar Canyon #3, I think I see a very faint trace of a road along the bottom of the hill at my rightA barrel-cactus garden at the mouth of "West Edgar Canyon #3," Providence MountainsThumbnailsAs I enter West Edgar Canyon #3, I think I see a very faint trace of a road along the bottom of the hill at my rightA barrel-cactus garden at the mouth of "West Edgar Canyon #3," Providence MountainsThumbnailsAs I enter West Edgar Canyon #3, I think I see a very faint trace of a road along the bottom of the hill at my rightA barrel-cactus garden at the mouth of "West Edgar Canyon #3," Providence MountainsThumbnailsAs I enter West Edgar Canyon #3, I think I see a very faint trace of a road along the bottom of the hill at my rightA barrel-cactus garden at the mouth of "West Edgar Canyon #3," Providence MountainsThumbnailsAs I enter West Edgar Canyon #3, I think I see a very faint trace of a road along the bottom of the hill at my right

I wish I had time to explore "West Edgar Canyon #2," but this one looks interesting enough. "Avoidance hiking" is the rule here, choosing the best rocks and sandy areas to walk on, while avoiding larger and rounder rocks.