NOW it becomes Das Slog. Pretty Hot out, and the day was getting late, so we pushed the pace. Ugh.

But first...

Hanging out in 'the hot tub'

Denise thinks we should slide these things, with a little help from the rope...

The Red Slot (art shot, I hope I didn't have to tell you).

Hiking down the Red Slabs

And Finally (two hours later) - The Exit, just a couple hundred feet up a south-facing black lava gully and...

 

Flower of the Day, seen in the final Pinon-Juniper forest near the trailhead: Sulpher Flower (Eriogonum umbellatum) (or something similar - there are many closely-related species). Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae)