Monday, August 5, 2013

Pinnacles Provincial Park

2013-05-03
A short visit to see the hoodoos at Pinnacle Provincial Park near Quesnel, British Columbia.

A fairly level trail leads visitors to some amazing geological formations.

It looks like a giant [BLANK]. 

Well it does, doesn't it?

Feeling silly, we made fun of the first "rock" we encountered; "it looks like a giant [BLANK]"

A view of Quesnel, BC below
A view of Quesnel, BC below




Our first sight of the hoodoo
Our first sight of the hoodoo


Hoodoos... typically consist of relatively soft rock topped by harder, less easily eroded stone that protects each column from the elements...

Swallows nesting in the hoodoos
Swallows nesting in the hoodoos



Way down below; Baker Creek
Way down below; Baker Creek




Basalt columns
Basalt columns