Outdoors: Skirting the rim above Walnut Canyon

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Rob Jones

Soaring turkey vultures and red-tailed hawks zoom past at eye level as we sit on smooth Kaibab limestone steps and eat lunch overlooking the broad triangle where Walnut Canyon constricts into a narrow notch. Below, we can see the transition from limestone to Coconino sandstone in the canyon walls, which forms more interesting cliffs.

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