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CareyPhotography > The trail starts out by heading into a sandy wash. There are no cairns to mark the trail down here because they would get washed away in a flash flood, but it's fairly easy to navigate one's way through to the mountains. We had the GPS coordinates for the trail, which made it a piece of cake. We each carried 3 liters of water and The Essentials. The weight of my camera and 24-70L lens was the most I wanted to carry given the elevation gain we would be making, so Bill volunteered to carry the heavy 70-200L lens. That is one of the toughest decisions I have to make before a hike; I need the wide angle for landscapes and the telephoto for wildlife...but the weight of both, especially since they are L glass, is too much if I have to carry a lot of water. Out here I need to worry more about carrying survival equipment than camera equipment. Good thing Bill doesn't mind helping out and carrying some of the weight for me. License this Image
CareyPhotography > Another dome that is reminiscent of a petrified sand dune.
CareyPhotography > Bill sitting on a rock in the hole that is in the upper right side of the previous photo. The interior of this cave is smooth sandstone worn away in wave shapes, and we found two very comfortable spots to relax and eat lunch.
CareyPhotography > Bill standing on the balcony of the main dome checking out the view.
CareyPhotography > Another cool windcave.
CareyPhotography > I can easily picture this as someone's home. It reminds me of the Flintstones!
CareyPhotography > There it is at last! This is the main dome and it is estimated to be approximately six million years old! It is reminiscent of a two-story house with multiple rooms, and it's easy to imagine a living room with a large balcony (on the other side), a kitchen, and bedrooms. All Bill can think about at this point is getting out of the sun, so we head over to explore.
CareyPhotography > These small, compressed image files just don't do this justice; there is an incredible amount of detail in these images that just have to be seen at full size. This is another view of the windcaves and the Carrizo Badlands.
CareyPhotography > The Carrizo Badlands.
The trail starts out by heading into a sandy wash. There are no cairns to mark the trail down here because they would get washed away in a flash flood, but it's fairly easy to navigate one's way through to the mountains. We had the GPS coordinates for the trail, which made it a piece of cake.
We each carried 3 liters of water and The Essentials. The weight of my camera and 24-70L lens was the most I wanted to carry given the elevation gain we would be making, so Bill volunteered to carry the heavy 70-200L lens. That is one of the toughest decisions I have to make before a hike; I need the wide angle for landscapes and the telephoto for wildlife...but the weight of both, especially since they are L glass, is too much if I have to carry a lot of water. Out here I need to worry more about carrying survival equipment than camera equipment. Good thing Bill doesn't mind helping out and carrying some of the weight for me.

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CareyPhotography > The trail starts out by heading into a sandy wash. There are no cairns to mark the trail down here because they would get washed away in a flash flood, but it's fairly easy to navigate one's way through to the mountains. We had the GPS coordinates for the trail, which made it a piece of cake. We each carried 3 liters of water and The Essentials. The weight of my camera and 24-70L lens was the most I wanted to carry given the elevation gain we would be making, so Bill volunteered to carry the heavy 70-200L lens. That is one of the toughest decisions I have to make before a hike; I need the wide angle for landscapes and the telephoto for wildlife...but the weight of both, especially since they are L glass, is too much if I have to carry a lot of water. Out here I need to worry more about carrying survival equipment than camera equipment. Good thing Bill doesn't mind helping out and carrying some of the weight for me. License this Image
The trail starts out by heading into a sandy wash. There are no cairns to mark the trail down here because they would get washed away in a flash flood, but it's fairly easy to navigate one's way through to the mountains. We had the GPS coordinates for the trail, which made it a piece of cake.
We each carried 3 liters of water and The Essentials. The weight of my camera and 24-70L lens was the most I wanted to carry given the elevation gain we would be making, so Bill volunteered to carry the heavy 70-200L lens. That is one of the toughest decisions I have to make before a hike; I need the wide angle for landscapes and the telephoto for wildlife...but the weight of both, especially since they are L glass, is too much if I have to carry a lot of water. Out here I need to worry more about carrying survival equipment than camera equipment. Good thing Bill doesn't mind helping out and carrying some of the weight for me.

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