Great Salt Plains, a stop at Gloss Mountain State Park, and on to Canton Lake 09/11/2020

September 11
Great Blue Heron looking for breakfast on the river Great Salt Plains State Park
Great Blue Heron looking for breakfast on the river
Great Salt Plains State Park
Bubba Rigged I'll just leave that one alone.....yep..... Great Salt Plains State Park
Bubba Rigged
I'll just leave that one alone.....yep.....
Great Salt Plains State Park
We have ignition..... Great Salt Plains State Park
We have ignition.....
Great Salt Plains State Park
And, we have lift-off! Great Salt Plains State Park
And, we have lift-off!
Great Salt Plains State Park
Snowy is clearing the tower! Great Salt Plains State Park
Snowy is clearing the tower!
Great Salt Plains State Park
Vultures on the rail Great Salt Plains State Park
Vultures on the rail
Great Salt Plains State Park
Great Salt Plains Lake South Shorline Great Salt Plains State Park
Great Salt Plains Lake South Shorline
Great Salt Plains State Park
IMG_0468 Great Salt Plains State Park
Great Salt Plains State Park
Island Great Salt Plains State Park
Island
Great Salt Plains State Park
South Shoreline Great Salt Plains State Park
South Shoreline
Great Salt Plains State Park
Toad? Frog? This little guy was about as big as a handball. Great Salt Plains State Park
Toad? Frog?
This little guy was about as big as a handball.
Great Salt Plains State Park
My Travel Partner! Great Salt Plains State Park
My Travel Partner!
Great Salt Plains State Park
Gloss Mountain entrance One of the information boards suggested that the original spelling of the area was Glass Mountain, but a cartographer made a transcription mistake on a map....
Gloss Mountain entrance
One of the information boards suggested that the original spelling of the area was Glass Mountain, but a cartographer made a transcription mistake on a…
Sort of looks like the structures we see at Palo Duro Canyon and Caprock Canyons at home. The cameras did not pick it up, but the gypsum fragments on the sides of the mesas reflects sunlight like
Sort of looks like the structures we see at Palo Duro Canyon and Caprock Canyons at home.
The cameras did not pick it up, but the gypsum fragments on the sides of the mesas reflects sunlight like "glass".
Gloss Mountain State Park
IMG_20200911_141307457_HDR Gloss Mountain State Park
Gloss Mountain State Park
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Gloss Mountain State Park
Yes, we climbed to the top. Gloss Mountain State Park
Yes, we climbed to the top.
Gloss Mountain State Park
View from the top Gloss Mountain State Park
View from the top
Gloss Mountain State Park
Sort of like climbing a lighthouse Gloss Mountain State Park
Sort of like climbing a lighthouse
Gloss Mountain State Park
Big Bend Campground Site B39 A very nice campground. Very typical of the Corps of Engineers sites we have stayed at in the past. Canton Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Big Bend Campground Site B39
A very nice campground. Very typical of the Corps of Engineers sites we have stayed at in the past.
Canton Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineers