Tim did a little research before we left Boise and discovered Palm Canyon, an oasis of palms in the middle of sagebrush desert. The area is home of the Agua Caliente Band of the Cahuilla (Kaw-we-ah) Tribe.
It was a surprising environment. In several hundred steps down into the valley the temperature dropped ten degrees and what had been a harsh desert landscape became lush, green and alive.
We hiked up canyon and in a couple miles the walls narrowed and we were left to scramble over rocks and boulders, discovering waterfalls, flowers and hidden grottos in the in the jumbled landscape.
![Palm Canyon](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3106/2354290005_4306f12188.jpg)
Looking down canyon towards the Palm Springs Valley
![Palm Canyon](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2078/2355124560_5d2b514c1c.jpg)
Under the Palms
![Palm Canyon](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2230/2355125816_d23bf70026.jpg)
The Canyon Narrows
![Palm Canyon](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2355127228_792ee3d9a2.jpg)
One of many Pools
![Palm Canyon](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2154/2354298409_5f3b25bf15.jpg)
Site of the Stick Races
![Palm Canyon](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/2354299275_3b0f5194b3.jpg)
A Narrow Waterfall Grotto
![Palm Canyon](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/2355130744_875798f904.jpg)
Tim in a larger grotto he discovered
![Palm Canyon](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2198/2354301381_facf6d8867.jpg)
Looking up in the grotto (Tim's focus in the past photo)
![Palm Canyon](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2329/2355132092_84bf5641cb.jpg)
Looking Down Canyon
![Palm Canyon](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/2354302641_b0a6c18a10.jpg)
My favorite pic of the Canyon
![Palm Canyon](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2051/2354303627_589a947785.jpg)
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![Palm Canyon](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2349/2355135694_d5d8dd7d36.jpg)
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