Heading down the Gunnison River the first morning. |
Paddlers group together to form a large raft . |
After a hot day, the group gets together for some refreshing wine tasting. |
In the evening, a blue grosbeak calls out along the rivers edge. |
The last light of the day is spent exploring ancient petroglyphs near the river. |
The second moring of the trip, a desert bighorn ran across the cliff tops during sunrise. |
Later in the morning some of the group go hiking into the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area. |
With a nasty sting, velvet ants, are a family of wasps whose wingless females resemble ants, though only distantly related. |
The group hikes further into Dominguez Canyon. |
A wall of petroglyphs in Dominguez Canyon. |
Bear footprint petroglyph or as students suggested, a birthday cake - Dominguez Canyon. |
Ute petroglyphs with horseback riders and perhaps a turtle? - Dominguez Canyon. |
A small, cool and refreshing creek flows down the Dominguez Canyon (great bathing spot!). |
Coal trains rumble, creak and squeak past on the opposite side of the river. |
The group heads downriver. |
A pack of happy paddlers. |
Everybody wave! |
A great blue heron lifts off as the canoes approach. |
A tiger beetle patrols the sandy beaches along the Gunnison River. |
