Cottonwoods in the shadow of a wall covered with desert varnish.
Another canyon wall glowing from reflected sunlight early in the hike along Courthouse Wash.
The group rests for a few minutes while Mike & Johnna recover from early incidents involving slipping into the water & stepping into quicksand.
Mike & Rita walking in front of a grove of cottonwood trees.
A shallow wash crossing.
Water fills a bend in the wash.
Water cascading down rock steps in Courthouse Wash.
Blooming Evening Primrose.
Tom, Mike, & Ed looking for the road to Shangri-La.
Johnna telling the group that the quicksand in her socks is beginning to set like cement.
Colorful Scarlett Penstemon wildflower.
More Evening Primrose found along the way.
Desert Globe Mallow in bloom.
Is this Goldeneye?
Hand-holding petroglyphs with snake-like image on a wall in a side canyon drainage located halfway into the hike.
Additional petroglyphs on the same rock wall.
A photo of the entire panel.
Barbara, Mike, the Binyons, & Ed sunning themselves & eating lunch near the petroglyph panel.
Rita, Johnna, & Steve coming down the side drainage back to Courthouse Wash.
Canyon wall at the junction of Courthouse Wash with the side drainage.
Rita, Steve, Johnna, & Tom eating lunch in the shade of cottonwood trees along Courthouse Wash.
The sun shining through an opening in a cottonwood tree.
"Green" car found along the wash.
Blossoms on top of a Fishhook Cactus.
A second Fishhook Cactus in bloom.
Barrier-style "shield" pictograph found in an alcove above the wash.
The ghostly remains of another pictograph.
The view looking out from the alcove containing the Barrier style pictograph.
More Fishhook Cactus blossoms.
Marc's guess is that this is a "Vernal Daisy."
Courthouse Wash meandering down the canyon.
One of several fields of Evening Primrose seen on the hike.
Mike Stringham on the move below red sandstone cliffs.
One of several nice pool areas seen on the hike.
A water gauging station along the wash.
The Park Service information kiosk at the end of the hike.
Jean & Mike Binyon relaxing at the Moab Brewery after finishing the hike.
