The Junction of the Red Ridge and Canada del Oro Trails.
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This snake seemed quite content to let us pass without coiling and rattling. Love the color!
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This was the first snake of the day - we would see another Arizona Black Rattlesnake not too far down the trail.
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This snake had no interest in letting us use this section of the trail...
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More balloon pieces along the Canada del Oro Trail - terrible...
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Not an expert so not 100% sure on my identification of this scat...
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Lance giving serious consideration to the blue trail marker - we saw a number of these along the trail.
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Not the only inviting spot we saw along the CDO!
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The views back up the mountain were interesting (and occasional puzzling forcing us to get out the map to make sense of what we were seeing) - this view of Oracle Ridge, Red Ridge and the Reef of Rock was particularly interesting.
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I assume that this was a dam at some point?
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Old Skeletons and New Growth.
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Old Style Trail Sign near FR 736.
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This seemed to be typical of quite a bit of the stream bottom lower in the canyon, not sure what this is or what (if anything) it indicates.
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Lance and I did not expect so much water in the canyon - really amazing and there was still flowing water where we left the canyon.
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My friend Norape ovina I think...
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A beautiful pool along the CDO.
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Flowing water in the upper CDO!! From a CDO Red Ridge Loop with Kathy and Nick - a great day out for sure! More on HikeLemmon.com.
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CDO Short Cut Trail and CDO Trail Junction.
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Old Shovel Spring Cement Tank.
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CDO - Red Ridge Loop in the northern Santa Catalina Mountains.
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