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Lace rock, Edmaier's Secret
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A sea of petrified sand
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For scale, Sue and Keetna on the cracked pentagons.
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Pentagonal sandstone formations
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View as we are leaving the area
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Close up, frozen mud puddle
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Frozen mud puddle
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More lace rock
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Sand along the Wire Pass route
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It's Tuesday morning, and we are starting the 3 mile hike from the Wire Pass trailhead to "The Wave"
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Return hike up Buckskin Gulch
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Protruding lace rock
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Yes, ranchers may still grazer their cattle in the National Monument. Not that there is a lot there for them to eat!
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Below the rock formations, a flat sand playa
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Sue and Keetna, with sandstone teepees in the background
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Lace rock, atop an eroded petrified dune
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Keetna is crossing a "pass" between two sandstone formations
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Petrified dunes along our route
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Sue and Keetna walking across the sandstone sea towards The Wave
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Some of the sandstone buttes along our route
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Swirling sandstone
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A pool and twin buttes
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More petrifed dunes.
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Heart of The Wave
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Coyote Buttes North, near The Wave
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Sue and Keetna, at a pool in "The Wave" See the ripples? it was quite windy, and rather chilly.
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The Wave, in Coyote Buttes North
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Ribs of a giant beached whale?
