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To pick up from my last post, this is more of Hassayampa River Preserve (owned by The Nature Conservancy)…full of gnarled cottonwoods, mesquites, and willows…
The marshy Palm Lake is where we hoped to see some herons or ibises…but only saw some mallards and coots.
I don’t know what this is but, if it’s a web, I didn’t want to see what made it.
Like many desert waterways, the Hassayampa River~which runs 100 miles from Prescott to the Gila River southwest of Buckeye~flows underground. This is one place where the river flows year-round.
Past the river, we began our ascent to the lookout…which will be the next post.
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That web is freaky! No thank you!
Comment by Colleen Anderson February 24, 2013 @ 9:27 amWonderful photographs of these trees, Candace. They look very old. So full of character.
Comment by lisa February 24, 2013 @ 5:11 pmI hope you’ve had a great weekend.
I remember the Hassayampa River well, having spent a lot of time there so long ago, but I don’t remember the Preserve. Perhaps it wasn’t there in those days. It seems that we could cross the river somewhere out of Morristown, south of Wickenburg and head toward the old Vulture Mine. I loved that area!
Comment by montucky February 24, 2013 @ 8:30 pmIt used to be the Frederick Brill Ranch. The Visitor Center is the old ranch house, I believe. The Nature Conservancy purchased it in 1986. Here’s a link to some info about the property, maybe you’ve been there:
Comment by Candace February 24, 2013 @ 8:41 pmhttp://gosw.about.com/od/bestsightstosee/a/hassayampa_2.htm
Thanks for that link! We spent a lot of time camping and exploring in that area in the 70′s and into the early 80′s and have lots of wonderful memories of it.
Comment by montucky February 24, 2013 @ 10:15 pmAn excellent job of creating interesting compositions in jumbled and detail ridden areas.
Comment by Don February 25, 2013 @ 10:02 amThanks for the continued journey. My fav shots are the first and seventh! Lots of interesting detail along this path
Comment by Anna February 26, 2013 @ 11:59 amAn interesting collection of shots.
Comment by Steve February 26, 2013 @ 9:34 pm