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

72The Colorado River	73Near the waterfall	74By the waterfall	75By the waterfall	76By the waterfall
77By the waterfall	78Cooling off	79Waterfall	80Waterfall	81Waterfall
82At the shore	83The river shore	84Dragonfly	85Dragon fly	86Dragonfly
87The Colorado River	88Cooling off in shade	89Kayakers	90Blue-eyed Face Rock	91George Washington Rock
92Hiking out	93Beavertails in the desert	94Brittlebush	95The cliffs	96The cliffs
97Bonsai tree	97Hiking out	98Hoodoos	98Looking ahead in the wash	99By a tinaja
100Another tinaja	101By a tinaja	102Cooling off	103Side-blotched lizard	104Hiking out
105Balancing Rock	106Balancing Rocks	107On route up the wash	108Rattlesnake ready to strike	109Rattlesnake by our path
110Rattlesnake	111Rattlesnake	112He is very small	113Rattlesnake	114Rattlesnake
115Photographing the snake	116His habitat	117Rattlesnake leaving	118Rattle comes to view	119 Black-throated Sparrow
120 aka Desert Sparrow	121Posing	122	123	124
125	126Lake Mead and Muddy Mountains	127Profile of our hike