Whiteoaks Photo Albums » 2009-04-25-mojave » Saturday

Herp hunting at Hole-in-the-Wall, visiting Kelso Dunes, and evening astronomy.

Morning after a harrowing windy Friday evening.	Cooking breakfast, Gary, Catherine, and Jim.	Enjoying Saturday morning breakfast (we survived!).	Cleaning up.
The telescopes survived the wind okay, but we had to hunt...	"Stink bug" beetle found on the way to Hole-in-the-Wall.	Hanna and Jane take a picture of the stink bug.	Walking to Hole-in-the-Wall.
Interesting alluvial fan formation with lots of drainage...	Automated weather station at the Hole-in-the-Wall fire...	Hanna looks under a fallen Joshua tree for lizards.	Mojo's dream house.
Flat-top mesas at Hole-in-the-Wall.	Hole-in-the-Wall group campground sign.	Walking to Hole-in-the-Wall.	Flat-top mesas of Hole-in-the-Wall.
Good-looking yucca plants.	Interesting dead tree.	Hole-in-the-Wall visitor center.	Park visitors climbing the eroded walls.
Eroded walls of Hole-in-the-Wall.	Hole-in-the-Wall at Mojave National Preserve.	Rock formations at Hole-in-the-Wall, Mojave National...	Our group preparing to climb into the rocks.
A side-blotch lizard nestled among the rocks.	Angela and Humberto.	Viewing the distant valley through a notch at...	Climbing the rocks, enjoying the views, looking for...
Rock formations at Hole-in-the-Wall.	Jim and Gary armed with cameras.	A blooming hedgehog cactus.	Keeko and Sienna.
Carolina's family.	Keeko and Sienna.	Carolina's family.	Checking out the views, contemplating the slot canyon and...
Colorful lichen on the rock face.	Gary.	The group studies plants, lizards, and footing.	More colorful lichen on the rocks.
Checking out the scenery.	The slot canyon leading along the ring trail.	Different rock coloring at Hole-in-the-Wall	A lone red-barrel cactus.
Another side-blotched lizard.	Difficult footing leads this part of the ring trail.	A wide-shot of the previous view showing the trail into...	Another side-blotched lizard enjoys the sun.
Catherine, Angela, and Sienna.	Hang on tight!	Catherine gives dad her teenager look.	Keyhole slot in the rocks at Hole-in-the-Wall.
Handsome side-blotched lizard.	Another side-blotched lizard.	Walking back to camp from Hole-in-the-Wall visitor center.	Along the dirt road to the group camp.
Along the dirt road to the dirt camp.	Making quesadillas for lunch.	On the road to Kelso Depot, stopping at a Joshua tree...	A fallen Joshua tree.
Yellow blooming cactus.	Looking down over the Joshua tree forest on the way to...	That's Kelso Dunes in the distance, seen from the dense...	The old jail at Kelso Depot.
Kelso Depot.	Seeing Kelso Dunes from along the road.	Wildlife guide at Kelso Dunes.	Kelso Dunes trail head.
Walking the trail toward the dunes.	Yellow blooms at Kelso Dunes.	Found a lizard under a desert bush.	Desert Iguana at Kelso Dunes.
Starting to climb into soft sand.	Catherine walking at Kelso Dunes trail.	Yes it's very soft sand here, quite like walking on a...	Mountains in the distance from Kelso Dunes.
Kelso Dunes.	Interesting blooming plant at Kelso Dunes.	Human footprints, with lizard tracks just to the left.	Blooming plant at Kelso Dunes.
Blooming plant at Kelso Dunes.	This lizard track includes a line from his dragging tail.	Blooming Indian Ricegrass at Kelso Dunes.	Indian ricegrass in bloom at Kelso Dunes, detail of...
Yellow blooms at Kelso Dunes.	A baby Desert Iguana at Kelso Dunes.	A baby Desert Iguana shows off his long tail at Kelso...	Volcano formations near Cima domes
Lava flows and cindercones around Cima.	Lots of red barrel cactus along Kelbaker Rd.	Cactus finds a foothold in a lava road cut along Kelbaker...	Red Barrel Cactus like this spot.
A pack rat nest in the lava blocks.	Catherine with lava blocks.	Looking for Chuckwallas in the broken lava (none found).	Hanna and Catherine looking for Chuckwallas.
On the way back along Kelbaker Rd., seeing the Kelso Dunes.	The rare desert bovine, Essex Rd.	Setting up with a crystal clear sky at sunset.	Aligning finders on the distant mountain ridge.
Catherine and Jane.	Catherine and Jane.	Checking out the distant ridgeline before the stars are...	Looking at Sirius, first star of the evening.

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