Jaci Dawn

One of the reasons I love Pike Creek (and the entire Steens Mountain, but especially this one little creek) is the rocks.

There are the familiar basalt cliffs, shale talus slopes, and hidden thunder eggs. Before the public lands were turned into Wilderness, we used to rock hound up above the old mine for thunder eggs (geodes).

Down on the private property section of the creek, the boulders are house size and made up of some pink-and-white sedimentary composition. There are green rocks, too: startling green rocks.

I thought I’d post a photo blog of rocks tonight.

Green rocks and pink rocks and all kinds of rocks.

Pale green rocks and more.

Green rocks to pink rocks…

The pattern of white rock in the pink rock looks like some sort of ancient graffiti, but it isn’t: it’s a natural streaking.

It’s not just on one pink rock, but all of the big pink boulders are striated with white.

A different combination of colors: pink, peach, grey, purple.

Strange green boulders and green slide composition abut next to the pink rocks up the canyon.

Something altogether different in a pale grey stone chock full of tiny holes.

Add old lichens and new ones to the pink-and-white rocks and the effect is breath-taking.