Irene (foreground), Rebecca, Ed, Tom, Laura, & Johnna overlooking Professor Creek & Fisher Mesa.
Marc's shirtless outdoors in November. You can't beat that!
And you wonder why I so rarely include myself in the photos? Thanks, Johnna, for this pix.
A balanced rock below the Rectory.
A drainage heading toward Professor Creek.
Approaching the east sides of both Castle Rock & the Rectory.
Interestingly shaped boulder below Castle Rock & the Rectory.
Overlooking the Professor Creek drainages & Fisher Mesa.
The east sides of Castle Rock & the Rectory one more time.
A dry drainage below Castle Rock.
Mike, Tom, Stu, & Rebecca marvel at the big kryptonite (I mean gypsum) boulder.
The red, rugged country around Adobe Mesa.
Clouds building over the mesa top.
This dirt road winds by Adobe Mesa toward the LaSal Mts.
Ed, Jock, Stu, Johnna, Laura, & Rebecca use a primitive road as their picnic table.
Mike Binyon smiling in a photo? Have the Cubs won the World Series?
Irene sets up shop at lunchtime.
Irene & Dylan "rock on" during lunch.
Sydne's sandwich balancing trick.
Has the serpent coaxed a sinful Rita into eating an apple?
Is the White Knight morphing into the Jolly Green Giant?
The White Knight as the Green Giant.
The battle-scarred legs of the White Knight (aka Green Giant).
A shaft of light finds the slopes of Castle Rock beneath cloudy skies.
Close-up of the Priest, the two Nuns, & the Rectory.
Walking around Castle Rock on the Castle Valley side as blue sky begins reappearing.
Tom Messinger's photo of Mike & Tom heading down a wash to the shuttle vehicles below Castle Rock.
Those of us not going down the wash head around Parriott Mesa on the jeep trail...
...leaving Castle Rock behind us.
The sky clears & sunlight once more bathes the cliffs & slopes of Parriott Mesa.
Rita, Jock, Laura, & Rebecca patiently pose for Marc on the dirt road to Castle Valley.
Johnna & Jean are in this splinter group as well.
Heading on down the road toward Parriott Mesa.
What clouds? Blue skies & sunshine rule the day.
Waiting at the shuttle stop. Would you pick up this bunch?
Looking back from whence we came.
Stu & Tom return with some shuttle vehicles.
Shuttle vehicle roundup below the famous rock pinnacles of Castle Valley.
The jeep road connecting Castle Valley Rd. with the base of Castle Rock.
Marc's farewell view of the LaSals & Round Mountain while waiting to be picked up.
