Hiking to Pawnee Buttes

Picture of the Buttes from the parking area.
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Rita standing at the trailhead to the right of the parking area.
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You can just see it, but that's the edge of the plain. Beyond it dropps into the gap between the bluffs.
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Rita approaching the edge.
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You can see lots of gullies and draws as we head down the path
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Looking to the left, you can see the wind shaped sandstone. Looks like the bow of a ship.
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Rita getting a pic and me picing her
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The lone tree to the right of the trail.
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It looks dry but at one time, a flash flood certainly gouged out some sand.
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Checking out the bluffs to the right of the trail.
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One of the Buttes off in the distance. We're going there.
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Close up picture. We're not actually closer
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As we get closer, we come around and can see the second butte behind it.
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Looking up at the Butte.
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Off a little ways is the second Butte. The trail doesn't go any farther according to the map.
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Looking back at the bluffs. The car is way on the other side.
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Looking farther to the left and on the plains. Lots of flat out there.
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Looking back at the Butte
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Towards the bluffs. The trail wends to the right.
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At the other end of the bluffs
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Looking at the closer end of the bluffs
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During this time, you can't go up so as not to disturb the Birds of Prey.
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Coming back up the trail
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Looking back on the bluffs after the climb.
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And the back of the car. Rita did the Mosaic license plate holder
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