Tom Messenger's map of the hike along Winter Camp Ridge & Winter Camp Wash.
At our first stop on the Highlands on Yellow Cat Rd., Tom points out an old dinosaur dig site.
Where dinosaurs went to turn into uranium.
Judi Simon alongside her trusty steed.
Clouds hovering over an Entrada sandstone formation.
Entering Upper Winter Camp Wash.
Slickrock formations that line the wash.
Dave Staub following a wall of slickrock down the wash.
Mulesears blooming on the banks of the wash.
More Entrada sandstone formations hemming us in the wash.
A rock tower resembling a horse head on a chess board.
Approaching pinnacles that resemble goblins.
Jack Edwards about to enter the narrows of Winter Camp Wash.
Jack standing in one section of narrows.
Not Marc's eyelash. Actually a caterpillar clinging to the canyon's wall.
A companion of the previous caterpillar.
Another section of narrows in the wash.
Katie Thomas standing in front of the chokestone we crawled under.
The group relaxing at the end of the slot canyon.
The wall that prevented us from going any farther.
Judi Simon preparing to duck under the chokestone once again.
Jock Hovey, Rita Rumrill, & Judi backtracking through the narrows.
The "Goblins" with sun on them.
Walking once more past the rock tower.
A little bushwacking as we head farther down the wash.
Reaching "Winter Camp."
His & her "hot tubs" at Winter Camp.
The Winter Camp outdoor "swimming pool."
Water tanks for the "pool" & "hot tubs" at Winter Camp.
Lunch break. Jean & Mike, Geoff & Sandy, Margie & Roger, Ginny, Vickie, & Katie (left to right).
Judi & Rita.
The White Knight & Tom Appleseed.
Liz & Dave Staub radiant in their muscle shirts.
Can it be? A happy face Mike Stringham?
Jack & Ed confident that with map in hand, all is well.
The slickrock retreats as Judi & Rita march down the wash.
Rita & Judi stand at the location where we climbed out of the wash.
Marc can't resist shooting his final prickly pear blossoms of 2009.
A lovely slickrock formation, although pockmarked with solution cavities.
The gathering of the flock for the march back to where we parked.
Big sky country!
Winding our way around & over slickrock formations back to our vehicles.
A short drive brought us to La Boca Arch.
Judi inside the arch's window.
Katie on top of La Boca Arch (the next day she was stung by a scorpion during ranger training at Arches).
On the slickrock behind the arch.
Mike Binyon heading down the slickrock toward the parking area.
Stopping at an abandoned miner's home made out of railroad ties.
An abandoned miner's home made out of railroad ties.
The well-notched sidewall of the cabin.
The well-constructed "Carriage House" near the cabin.
The Colorado River, Fisher Towers, & LaSal Mts. as seen driving back to Moab along the river road.
