The start to a guided Ranger talk with Ranger Diane to an unamed canyon. 

She had us play a game, we each pulled out three paint chips from a bag and had to find those colors in nature. 

 This is a Creosote bush. Not the creosote you may think of . It is eaten by many different animals here.

 This is Turtleback wrinkled grey/green leaves will have a yellow cluster type flower. Uusally found in the dry washes. That is where we were.

 Cannot remember the name of this one, but the leaves and stalks are sticky to keep critters and insects from eathing it. This one we could touch and it was sticky.

 This is a wild primrose. This one is white, there were also some pink ones.

 This is s cluster primrose.

 Oh boy Stay away from this one. Rock Nettles. It will stick to you and your clothing. No hope to get it off of your clothes. I had to throw away a sock last time we were here. Very Pretty though.

 Sitting in this Rock nettle is a moth with a mouth like a hummingbird.

 Around here, Purple is Poisin. This plant is similar to poisin Ivy. It will give you a rash

 Desert Sage in bloom.

 Love the fine markings in rocks like this. We found this at the end point of our travels in this unamed canyon.

 Afternoon hike on Thursday in Mosaic Canyon. Just Ken and I this time.

 If it were raining you would not want to be in this canyon as water would be rushing down.

 You can see the track in the middle where the rain traveled last weekend just before we got here.

 A narrow section of the canyon path. The rock on either side is incredibly smooth from the water flows.