Looking for a canyon that would be dry, we thought - HEY! How about Hog 2! COULD be the driest canyon around, maybe maybe not. We decided to do the Ridge of Many Huge Holes Ramble to get up there, which would save us a car spot. So down to the biffy at Hog Springs. The usual. We even found a passing tourist to take our picture. Yo, Alicia - WAKE UP! Time to go!

Tres sombras de los tres amigos.

Someone left a scooter tire there, in North Wash.

Up the next canyon north from Hog Springs canyon is the Way of the Ramble. Nice undercut a few minutes up canyon.

We wander upcanyon to the first dryfall. Alicia selects to the LEFT as the way to bypass.

Click for BIG view of this image Most of the canyon is big and wide. Across the desert - that's us! Blue skies above.

Where the canyon narrows up, we find a sunny alcove out of the wind for lunch.

Then up the slabs toward the Ridge...