Hanging Gardens Hike

**Riverkilt** · 11th February 07, 02:45 PM

Page, Arizona is built on a mesa. Water seeps through the sandstone and comes out on the edges of the mesas. There's one spot that's cut back into the sandstone that's formed a hanging garden of ferns. Not too lush in the Wintertime, but my lady and I hiked back there this morning. Great views. Needed some better pics of my USA Kilts Ramsay casual so wore it.

I really like the Ramsay tartan for wearing to work, royal blue, black and white in the tartan. A different color presentation.

Was a drizzly day, but I got lucky and found a knife someone had dropped along the trail. Looked it up on the Internet and found its worth $220. An Emerson Commander.

On the trail, looking at Potato Hill.

Hiking the slick rock. Sandstone is very slippery from the tiny pieces of sand that the wind wears off. That's Boundary Butte on the far right, the dividing line for the Arizona Utah border.

Pleats in the wind. That's Castle Rock on the right. That's where some of the scenes in The Greatest Story Ever Told were filmed.

Here's a pic of part of the Hanging Gardens. The ferns come down from the overhead as well as the back wall. You can't see it in the pic but folks have made a small pool to collect the water that seeps from the sandstone so the wild critters have a place to come and drink.

Ron

**Dreadbelly** · 11th February 07, 02:47 PM

Next hat I send you, I am stuffing my self in to the mail so I can go on a hike.

**Dirk Skene** · 12th February 07, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Dreadbelly

Next hat I send you, I am stuffing my self in to the mail so I can go on a hike.

Do you think he can afford the freight

**Dreadbelly** · 12th February 07, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by Dirk Skene

Do you think he can afford the freight

Hmm flat rate shipping boxes, anything you can fit in there... Making my self fit is the sore spot.

Poor mail man.

Poor Ron... He'll open the box and compressed dreadlocks under pressure will explode all over the room. It'll be like somebody detonated a satchsquatch or blew up a wookiee.

**Riverkilt** · 12th February 07, 09:43 AM

Ummm, think I just saw that scene in Men in Black yesterday...

Ron

**Splash_4** · 12th February 07, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Dreadbelly

detonated a satchsquatch or blew up a wookiee.

Oh, the mental images! Seriously though, Ron I had never heard of the hanging gardens. Must get out there to visit this summer when I head into Albuquerque.

**mang1974** · 12th February 07, 10:44 AM

That last show looking out from the Hanging Gardens is amazing! Thanks for sharing! Unfortunately, I haven't had the pleasure of going any farther west than eastern Kansas.