Yessir, another beautiful morning in Anza Borrego State Park:

After homeschool, we headed out of town to explore “The Slot”, a Slot Canyon in the Southeastern corner of the park.  The canyon starts out moderately narrow:

There are a couple narrow spots:

Flash floods carve interesting patterns into the canyon walls:

At last we reached the narrow section:

Even for our daughter, it was a tight fit:

After 100 yards or so we popped out into a wider section:

We walked out for half a mile into what became a more conventional canyon, then turned back:

On the way back, we were passed by a tour jeep.  The driver managed to get it surprisingly far up the canyon:

At one point we realized we were being watched.  This fellow was about five inches across:

The canyon walls are made up of many layers, some of which are composed of a coarse conglomerate:

From the top, it doesn’t look like much:

We arrived back at the RV towards sunset, and decided to drive a couple miles North of where we are parked to Clark Lake.  Not the best fishing this time of year, I guess.  It’s a storied area, the lake once hosted a military airfield and later a radio observatory:

There’s also an abandoned mining facility at the edge of the lake:

Another great day at Anza Borrego!