Sentences with phrase «pintado creek bed»

The plan was to tear them down and let the land revert to creek bed.

On the two maps above, you'll see that the project boundaries, from the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River through to the Connors Road footbridge encompass the entire legacy creek bed, with the exception of small areas on the north side of 98th avenue.

Edmonton faces a choice with the design and construction of the Valley Line LRT project — either the project can be designed to include or accommodate a future re-animation of the legacy creek bed and delta — which is a provincial priority according to the Environmental Assessment of the Valley Line — or it can render even more permanent the decisions made in the 1960s and 1970s that transportation infrastructure trumps our natural environment.

Given the height of both Connors Road and 98th Avenue relative to a re-established creek bed, it is unlikely that major roadwork would be required to complete this project.

Seeing a man's foot print in a stone creek bed complete with a primitive shoe sole right next to a dinosaur foot print makes the time line of evolution very suspect.

He headed to a dry creek bed somewhere outside Austin and called his friend James Robison, a Dallas - based televangelist.

But it seems that playing in the dirt and mud, whether in the backyard or hiking along a creek bed, might be the perfect antidote.

The view from the surface shows rounded blocks of water ice, like eroded stones in a creek bed.

The light is too weak to reveal fallen trees that fill the dry creek bed we are following, and we keep tripping over them.

In a scene worthy of Bambi, a coyote makes itself scarce just a few hours before fire ravages this dry creek bed on El Toro Marine Base between Los Angeles and San Diego.

There are no roads in this remote region, so Harmand was forced to drive in dry creek beds while Lewis navigated with a GPS device.

Drought conditions this summer and last generated even more calls as the dry river and creek beds exposed a treasure chest of specimens dislodged during earlier floods.

In 2011 archaeologists Sonia Harmand and Jason Lewis of Stony Brook University and colleagues took a wrong turn as they followed a creek bed, surveying sites around Lomekwi, near Kenya's Lake Turkana.

When I first started running a few years ago it was back in the Adelaide hills where I could run through the pine forests along a sand horse trail, up and down the hills, along a creek bed and wind up on top of a hill with an incredible panoramic view out to the ocean (albeit, far, far away).

Did you see a lot more water in the creek beds?

Hand creek bed or sear immaculate.

That's about 45 or 50 minutes from Fort Worth, and we used to find lots of them down in the creek beds.

The problem was that up in [the] West Marin area, a great cattle region, the cattle were destroying the creek beds — small creek beds that were the home of this unique California fresh - water shrimp.

So the solution — and it took a long time to execute the solution — was for the kids to raise money and be able to finance the planting of shrubbery along the creek beds, and also cattle bridges so the cattle could cross the creek.

Flooding the dry creek bed in the playground is analogous to our approach to assessment reform.

The students are now grappling with how to pump the water and how to stop the leakage when they flood the dry creek bed next Science Week.

A layer of red clay soil seemed to be washing over the entire countryside, roads were flooded and seemingly disintegrating before our eyes, and the off - road trails that our Land Rover hosts had laid out in the dunes and rocky creek beds on the Atlantic coast near Essaouira were challenging enough to require multiple spotters.

From creek beds to steep rock faces, there isn't much that the Renegade can't handle, even in its compact nature.

With over seven inches of ground clearance you can certainly get to the trailhead, though you may not want to carry on into the rocks and creek beds.

Topaz is clear or blue - tinted and are usually close to the surface near granite outcroppings in ditches or creek beds.

The Pathfinder trundles along an easy dirt road, relying on only the front wheels to pull it across a dry creek bed.

Three - mode driving In two - wheel - drive mode we followed a dirt track, feeling out the vehicle's 6.5 inches of ground clearance by traversing a dry creek bed.

and is now available for the first time as Trail Rated 4x4 model that's at home on snow - covered roads or crawling along a rocky creek bed in low range.

The canyons, dry wash rivers, sandy creek beds, ditches, and gullies that joined up with the Cap Rock cliff form the graveyard of past Indian civilizations, flying and testing grounds of herds of leather - winged bats, drying grounds of monster - size bones and teeth, roosting, nesting, and the breeding place of the bald - headed big brown eagle.

His haunting eyes in the photo taken while he lay in the shallow creek bed immediately and permanently lodged into my heart and mind.

Water Canyon creek flows year round and a hike up the creek bed and along animal trails is a good day hike for experienced hikers.

Mind you, there is a spot that overlooks the falls that does not require much of a hike, but I decided to go rock climbing up the creek bed to the base of the falls so I could take this photo.

By taking part in this adventure through Sun Buggy — which does ATV tours and rents out dune buggies — you will be reinforcing what most people think the desert - rat locals do anyway: chase around the area's sand dunes, dry creek beds and trails on four - wheelers.

This trail follows a lush creek bed up from the coast for several miles with very little uphill.

Recently upgraded for group or family accommodation, the building overlooks the rocky creek bed and incorporates a large sheltered deck, lawn and barbecue area which provide a great outdoor living environment in the mild spring and autumn weather.

From there, we will travel between the Heysen and ABC Range, often referred to as «The Backbone of the Flinders Ranges», through Bunyeroo Valley and into the large tree - lined creek beds of Brachina Gorge, which has been named «The Corridor Through Time» due to the sedimentary layering and uplifting from the period between 520 and 640 million years ago.

Then we will travel between the Heysen and ABC Range, often referred to as «The Backbone of the Flinders Ranges», through Bunyeroo Valley and into the large tree - lined creek beds of Brachina Gorge which has been named «The Corridor Through Time» due to the sedimentary layering and uplifting from the period between 520 and 640 million years ago.

Drive the Mimbadoggie ring route of approximately 23 kilometres, incorporating steep climbs up hills and descents into historical creek beds, culminating with spectacular views from the Mount Horrocks Summit.

The 101 freeway, which runs through the entire Santa Barbara County, looked more like a creek bed after Tuesday's devastating mudslides.

There are several creek bed crossings so make sure to pay attention to the trail.

Geological history will be discovered in absorbing detail at the stunning deep gorges, arid creek beds and rock escarpments.

In the late 1800s island owners rerouted and channelized the creeks, filled in the adjacent wetland with gravels from the surrounding hills and creek bed.

Following breakfast, drive to the Sacred Canyon and walk along the creek bed inside the canyon to see some interesting Aboriginal paintings and carvings.

These quaint colourful cottages are nestled along a creek bed running through the site across the road from the beach.

For a little adventure, there are many areas of the ranch to relax and enjoy, take a walk along the private country pathways and visit the vineyard, the summer garden, the multi-fruit orchard, the barn, the rose garden along the Alamo Pintado creek bed, the chicken house and animal pastures.

Day Three — Depart at 0800 for the Bunyeroo and Brachina Gorges featuring magnificent red cliffs surrounding a creek bed studded with majestic Red gums where we will stop for morning tea.

Spend the days with your hosts who will guide you through their culture with a walk to an Aboriginal rock art site, Hear the Dreaming stories as you sit as one with your surroundings in the tranquillity of the shade of a gum tree next to a creek bed.

Day Two — Depart at 0800 for the Bunyeroo and Brachina Gorges featuring magnificent red cliffs surrounding a creek bed studded with majestic Red gums where we will stop for morning tea.

Continue on in the shadows of the ranges with a short stop at Copley before turning into the rugged red ranges of the Flinders, pass through the ranges cut by creek beds studded with ancient red gum trees.

On our last day we head back to Adelaide via Bunyeroo and Brachina Gorges featuring magnificent red cliffs surrounding a creek bed studded with majestic red gums where we will stop for morning tea.