moqui marbles around escalante

Iron oxide concretions (Moqui marbles)

Allysia took us a bend in the road, got out and started hiking. We did follow a road for a bit of a sand slog, but then came out onto some nice hard rock to explore around. The Moqui marbles were everywhere.

Softer layers were eroding, exposing the moqui marbles. These look like they were washed into this crease.

Cool stripes...

Amazing terrain of the Grand Staircase National Monument


Jake had found this waterhole and had gotten himself out and rejoined us. We later came across it, and he was then having problems getting out. Lizzie didn't want to get in because Jake was whimpering. Allysia had to finally help pull him out. The sides were slick from the water. We don't know how deep it was.

Trying to bushwack down a tight spot... We ended up turning around here. I stepped on a small section and broke off, making a lot of noise and reminding us that this rock is very fragile.

Cool shadows and textures in the sand... we also saw tiny footprints from some lizards or something all over as well.