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Number One
BALANCED ROCK
Balanced Rock, located near Granite Mountain, always comforts me. It has absolutely
no business being upright, yet there it stands, a multi-ton, mushroom-shaped boulder,
precariously perched on a foundation of bare stone. Completely exposed and alone in
the desert, it serves as a reminder that seemingly impossible things exist. See Granite
Mountain Loop Trail on pg. 29 n
Number Two
DOUBLE CRESTED SAGUARO (left)
The saguaro is the unquestioned king of
the Sonoran Desert, towering over the
landscape. Yet despite their royal status,
few wear a crown. Those that do are
called crested saguaros.
When the growing tip of a saguaro
produces a fan-like shape instead of
columnar arms, it's referred to as crested
or cristate. The specimen at the junction
of the Coyote Canyon and Desperado
trails is one of the most rare. The main
trunk forks, with both ends fanning out
into a regal double crest. It's beautiful
and eerily reminiscent of Princess Leia's
twin-bun hairdo. See Granite Mountain
with Coyote Canyon extension on pg. 29 u
Number Three
CATHEDRAL ROCK METATES
On the loop surrounding Cholla Mountain,
I stop to enjoy Cathedral Rock where
mighty boulders are stacked together
and pocked with shady grottoes. In the
largest room, metates, the shallow
indentations in the bedrock where Native
Americans would grind food such as
mesquite pods, are still visible. See
Cholla Mountain Loop on pg. 31 n
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