First falls of Cibique Creek 4/28/08
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| Easter Flowers 2008, the best flower season in a decade! |
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| The Gila Monster injects venom thru grooves in their teeth but has never been responsible for a human death. |
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| A Crown Dance by Apache children for the rafting community is for entertainment, education & blessing. |
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Columbines in Cibique Creek 4/28/08
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| It never pays to be in a hurry in the Salt River Canyon |
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| Globe, AZ is known for its copper mining industry and the cows that feed on the tailing piles across from Walmart |
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| The buttes, peaks and canyons in Salt River Canyon don't need any photoshop tricks |
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| Manganese, mined at river mile 20 until the 1950's is used in batteries, paint pigment and keeps steel from rusting. |
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| Salt River Rafting operates with a special use permit on the soveriegn lands of the White Mountsin Apaches. |
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| The completely harmless gopher snake mimics rattle snakes by making a sound with its throat and changing the shape of its head into a diamond. |
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| Apache horses have the run of the land until they are gathered up and rode bareback to round up the cattle grazing on tribal lands. |
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| The Desert Tortoise can live to be 100. |
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| Saguaro, trademark of the Sonoran Desert |
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| Desert Toad, you will hear them before you see them |
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| The Coral Snakes Venom is very poisonous |
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| All of the prickly pear is edible, pads can be grilled and the fruit is sweet |
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| Skidmor (R.I.P. 10-19-08) and Osa (R.I.P. 9-9-08) were the camp mascots at Salt River Rafting. |
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| This black and white custom 1986 subaru is mostly used to drive to the canyon rim to make calls on our cell phones. |
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