the following a few pictures are of our mountain drive I took over 200 pictures that day

here is where the kids seen a gilla monster which is a lizard that has gills that come out on the side of its head. I couldn't get the picture of it cause it was too dark in the crack. this picture is on the northern side of the mountains so much greener on this side going down the mountain you can see the canyon lake. and the winding roads. speed limit was only 25 mph and 10 mph around curves. you can see up ahead how sharp some of the curves were, some you had to toot your horn prior to going around them. this road we drove on is highway 88 most of these following pictures I took out of the sunroof while we were driving this is showing how close to the side we were driving. could reach my hand out and touch the mountain, some spots were drop offs . sign showing how curvey the road is ahead top picture is of a canyon like area there was a cave with water going in it down there, bottom picture is a close up of the cave and water canyon lake , it was beautiful and so quiet this bug was ON ME ....almost gave geno a heart attack when I jumped and screamed no idea what kind of bug it is yet but will find out it looks like some sort of stick bug. they all laughed at me for taking its picture (it is a water scorpion) samm standing on top of a mountain never thought a desert could be so beautiful