Lone Palm

Lake Mead National Recreational Area, Arizona

A 5.5 mile loop hike to the Colorado River south of the Hoover Dam

November 19, 2006

01Map of our destination	02The Hoover Dam	03Dam and Lake Mead	04We will follow this unnamed wash	06In the wash
07Dryfall and vistas from the path	08The dryfall we walked around	09Thick-leaved Ground Cherry	10The wash continues	11In the wash
12In the wash	13In the wash	14Red Barrel in sunlight	15In the wash	16Rock Nettle growing in boulder
17Bighorn Sheep high above us	18Bighorns watching us	19Antelope Squirrel	20Antelope Squirrel	21In the wash
22In the wash	23In the wash	24The wash after a flashflood	25In the wash	26The wash
27In the wash	28	29	30Water in the wash	31Looking back
32Algea	33Photographing Algea	34Algea	35Greens	36Time to hike out of the wash
37Looking back down the wash	38On route to down climb	39Down climbing	40On route	41BY a tinaja
42On route to the river	43Looking back at the notch	44On route to the river	45The Colorado River comes to view	46On route to the river
47On top of the waterfall	48View from top of waterfall	49The Colorado River	50Lone Palm and Colorado River	51View from overlook
52The Colorado River	53At the overlook	54At the overlook	55Looking down	56Palms down below
57Palm tree	58Another palm tree	59Close-up	60On route to palm trees	61Palm and the river
62Palm by the river	63Close-up	64Palm by the river	65By a small grotto	66Lone Palm and offsprings
67On route to waterfall	68We pass by a young palm	69Young palm and Colorado River	70Look back- palms and down climb	71By the river