Day 1 in the Cottonwood Mountains, Death Valley NP,
California, March 2022
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On Day 1 we hiked Cottonwood Canyon upward from
waypoint 01 to waypoint 11.
Successive views
along Cottonwood Canyon during the day.
First cottonwood tree
in the canyon, near a spring.
Cottonwood trees
probably damaged by high winds.
Wild horses,
descendants of domesticated horses used by miners more than a century ago.