Thursday, another bad weather report. Skies looked pretty good, though. Me and the two gazelles needed some exercise, so, after discussing various options, we chose to check out Coalpits Wash - an area I had never really looked at.

Here the gazelles are checking out the narrows and waterfall in Coalpits. Not too exciting.

We hiked up to the Oil Well Ruins in Coalpits. Here's Larry holding up his end.

Ruined stuff lying about.

A little friend I found, who scurried under a rock rather quickly.

And a nice furry guy, Larry found on our hike out.

Okay, it was not too exciting. At least it rained a little bit. A bit longer of a hike than I expected. Rather devoid of fabulous features. Not a BIG candidate for including in the upcoming guidebook. But tomorrow, we get to do a real canyon. Hurrah!