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| Ready to roll down the trail |
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| Trail off the mountain |
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| Two heart-shaped Soaptree Yucca seed pods |
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| Tortugas Mountain |
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| At the side of the road |
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| Ocotillo wands |
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Down in the Desert
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Decent Little Bushwhack
1st 4: Claret Cups Even though the Swainson's Hawk wasn't perched atop the Torrey Yucca on the crest of 4210 hill we decided to bus...
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Those seed pods look like butterflies.
I was just about to say that the seed pods look like hearts...
How did High Rolls get that name?
Scott:
Here's a quote from an article about the area: "The first official use of the High Rolls name was in 1901, when the post office was moved from Fresnal (Wooten) to High Rolls. The name, which was sometimes spelled as one word, Highrolls, supposedly came from the shape and elevation of the area as compared to the sharper peaks higher up."
Here's the link to the piece:
http://www.mountaintimes.net/HighRolls_MountainPark.htm
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