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tience. Gates open at 7:30 and close at ○ ○ ADULT-ONLY PROGRAMS ○ so the locals have dubbed this a deer
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8:30 p.m. (+) ○ ○ jam. Patience is required.
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Saturday, July 13, Red Rock Art ○ Friday, July 19, Hike Leaders ○ Speaking of locals, I had the plea-
(10 a.m. - 2 p.m.) - If you are a ○ ○ ○ Choice - Another big adventure! A cool ○ sure of meeting several staff members,
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petroglyph enthusiast, this is a program ○ mountain trek! Dont miss it! Strenuous, ○ including three trail workers who were
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for you. Join Nancy from the Southern ○ ○ 6 mi., elevation gain 1,100'. (*) ○ attending the class. These guys have
Nevada Rock Enthusiast Club and learn ○ ○ Sundays, July 21 & 28, Mindful ○ ○ nerves of steel. Fearless Rich, Kevin,
about these mysterious messages from ○ Walking - Walk, hike, stretch and ○ and Cowboy Dan shared some pic-
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the past. (+) ○ breathe in the cool mountain air. Connect ○ tures of a recent project with me. (They
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Sunday, July 14, Storytelling in ○ with nature and rejuvenate by combin- ○ were all very proud of their fine masonry
the Canyon - Join Vicki for an after- ○ ○ ing basic yoga with hiking. Cost is $25 ○ ○ work). A switchback had blown out
noon adventure in American Indian ○ ○ per session or $40 for two sessions. (*) ○ ○
folklore and craft. (*) ○ ○
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Sundays, July 14 & 21, An ○ ○
Evening Walk With Bats - Join ○ ○ ○ ○
Ranger Brian for a slide presentation on ○ ○ ○ ○
bats at the Visitor Center and then take ○ ○ A Grand Adventure, Part 2 ○ ○
a short hike to the guzzler at White Rock ○ By Tom Pfaendler ○
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to look and listen for bats; Easy. (#) ○ ○ ○ ○
Saturday, July 20, Moonlight ○ ast month I told you the story of ○ ○
Over Mt. Charleston - Whats the ○ ○ my week in Trail Management ○
moon all about? Hear Indian stories and ○ ○ LBoot Camp at Grand Canyon ○ ○
scientists tales on this evening stroll; ○ ○ National Park. This month Id like to ○ ○
Moderate, 1.5 mi., elevation gain ○ ○ share some thoughts about the park it- ○ ○
800'. (*) ○ self and some of the people that I met. ○
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Monday, July 22, Rise & Shine ○ Its safe to assume that most of you have ○
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Hike - On this 4 mi. trek, we will see ○ been to the Grand Canyon, but if you ○ ○
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some of the best petroglyphs in Red ○ havent, I would highly recommend that ○ ○
Rock; Easy. (*) ○ ○ you make the trip. Its only a five hour ○
Wednesday, July 24, First Creek ○ drive to the South Rim, and when you ○ ○
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- Join Janis and check out the riparian ○ peek over that edge for the first time, ○ ○
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area in the cool shade of the wash; Mod- ○ welltrust me on this oneits . . . ○ ○ Desert View “Watchtower”
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erate, 2.5 mi. (*) ○ well . . . GRAND! ○
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Friday, July 26, Bat Time - ○ The Grand Canyon is host to over ○ ○ along a trail in the canyon and these guys
Ranger Jim will be exploring the evening ○ five million visitors per year, which ○ ○ had to repair it by building a new rock
bat activities of Red Rock Canyon NCA. breaks down to nearly fourteen thousand ○ retaining wall. No problem right? Did I
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Come with us into the shadow world of ○ people a day! Surprisingly, with all of ○ mention that they would be hanging by
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this unique winged hunter of the night; ○ those people, there is almost no litter in ○ ropes at about the two thousand foot
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Easy. (#) ○ the park and I dont recall seeing graf- ○ ○ level? The mules carry rocks and sup-
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Sunday, July 28, Bonanza Trail ○ fiti anywhere. In addition to the huge ○ plies down the trail and Fearless Rich
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Adventure - A different loop at Lee ○ ○ park staff, Grand Canyon Village sup- ○ and crew rappel to the wall and start
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Canyon to the Bonanza Trail with spec- ○ ○ ports all of the other services including ○ working. To put this in perspective,
tacular views and some stories of the ○ restaurants, grocery store, post office, ○ ○ imagine a cliff four times higher then our
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bristlecone pines; Strenuous, 5 mi. (+) ○ lodging and of course, gift shops! The ○ Rainbow Wall. These guys would be
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Monday, July 29, Rise & Shine ○ main traffic hazard in this small town is ○ working around the midway point. Then,
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Hike - The Calico Loop is a hike from ○ the local deer population, which congre- ○ at the end of a hard day, they hike all the
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the Visitor Center to the Calicos and ○ gates along the roads throughout the day. ○
back; Moderate, 2 mi. (*) ○ Naturally everyone stops to watch them, ○ ○ Adventure, continued on p. 7
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