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Barrel cacti grow in the rocks at the entrance to Old Dad Canyon

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06339-old-dad-canyon.jpg About 1.25 miles up the fan, the road enters Old Dad CanyonThumbnailsGreat views from the entrance to Old Dad Canyon back down to flat (and usually dry) Soda Lake in the distanceAbout 1.25 miles up the fan, the road enters Old Dad CanyonThumbnailsGreat views from the entrance to Old Dad Canyon back down to flat (and usually dry) Soda Lake in the distanceAbout 1.25 miles up the fan, the road enters Old Dad CanyonThumbnailsGreat views from the entrance to Old Dad Canyon back down to flat (and usually dry) Soda Lake in the distanceAbout 1.25 miles up the fan, the road enters Old Dad CanyonThumbnailsGreat views from the entrance to Old Dad Canyon back down to flat (and usually dry) Soda Lake in the distanceAbout 1.25 miles up the fan, the road enters Old Dad CanyonThumbnailsGreat views from the entrance to Old Dad Canyon back down to flat (and usually dry) Soda Lake in the distance

Few flowers bloom in the Mojave Desert in November, so these red cacti are quite colourful in their stark surroundings.