The primary access to this area involves a ten mile backpacking treck through a desolate and hot desert canyon (albeit beautiful in it's own rights). The steady vista of red and rock lulls you into a perfect mindset to appreciate the unexpected contrast that awaits you at the end of your hike.

Cascading pools and towering waterfalls are filled with a blue-green water that looks as foreign to the red cliffs that surround it as man must have looked on the moon. Not only is the power and beauty a visual treat that I have yet to surpass but the nature of the water and minerals allow the area to shape and mold itself seemingly overnight. As a result each time I have been able to visit, the changes that had occured in me are dwarfed by the changes that surround me.

Again I am reminded of man's place in the world. Naive guardians in a paradise that we fail to fully comprehend.
Here is what it told.