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42 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | MAY 2015 -OST OF OUR HIKES ARE CIRCULAR WITH A CHANGE OF SCENERY THROUGHOUT THE ROUTE 7HILE )NDIAN #ANYON WAS ONE OF THESE HIKES IT WAS ALSO A HIKE WHERE EVERY FEW STEPS MANDATED A DEGREE TURN TO VIEW THE AMAZING SCENERY 4O OUR RIGHT WERE HIGH CLIFFS OF ANCIENT BOULDERS TEETERING ATOP ONE ANOTHER 4O OUR LEFT WAS A BABBLING STREAM SWIRLING AROUND THE TRUNKS OF PRISTINE BEARDED PALM TREES NESTING ROOSTS FOR DESERT INSECTS AND BIRDS 4HE HIKE WAS SHORTER THAN MOST ONLY MILES BUT OUR PACE WAS SLOWED GAZING AT THE BEAUTY OF NATURE AND CONVERSING WITH NUMEROUS OTHER HIKERS WHO CAME TO MARVEL AT THIS ELONGATED OASIS SOUTH OF 0ALM 3PRINGS !T PLACES STEPPING OVER ROCKS LOGS AND HEWED OUT STAIRCASES MADE WALKING STICKS A NECESSITY FOR SENIOR ADVENTURERS BUT THE WEE ONES ON SCHOOL OUTINGS JUST SCRAMBLED JOYOUSLY OVER THESE NATURAL PLAYGROUND FEATURES 4HE WEBSITE FOR )NDIAN #ANYONS PALMSPRINGSCOMPOINTS CANYON OFFERS DETAILS ON THE SEVERAL CANYONS AVAILABLE FOR HIKING h#ENTURIES AGO ANCESTORS OF THE !GUA #ALIENTE #AHUILLA PRONOUNCED +AWWEAH )NDIANS SETTLED IN THE 0ALM 3PRINGS AREA AND DEVELOPED EXTENSIVE AND COMPLEX COMMUNITIES IN 0ALM -URRAY !NDREAS 4AHQUITZ AND #HINO #ANYONS !BUNDANT WATER AND HUNDREDS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE AREA ENSURED STABLE LIVING CONDITIONS #ROPS OF MELONS SQUASH BEANS AND CORN WERE GROWN ANIMALS WERE HUNTED AND PLANTS AND SEEDS WERE GATHERED FOR FOOD MEDICINES BASKET WEAVING ETC -ANY TRACES OF THESE COMMUNITIES EXIST IN THE CANYONS TODAY INCLUDING ROCK ART HOUSE PITS AND FOUNDATIONS IRRIGATION DITCHES DAMS RESERVOIRS TRAILS AND FOOD PROCESSING AREASv 7E ARRIVED WITH A DOZEN HIKERS PAID OUR EACH ENTRY FEE AND DIVIDED INTO TWO EQUAL GROUPS ONE SELECTING THE EASY !NDREAS #ANYON TRAIL AND THE OTHER HALF OPTING FOR THE MORE DIFlCULT 0ALM #ANYON 4HE !NDREAS #ANYON HIKE IS HALF IN THE CANYON AND HALF ON THE DESERT PLATEAU ABOVE THE STREAM 4HE SPRING mORA HAD BEEN AWAKENED BY LATE WINTER RAINS AND OFFERED VIEWS CLOSEUP WHILE THE OPEN SPACE VISTAS OF DISTANT MOUNTAINS CAPTURED OUR ATTENTION 4HE DAY WAS WARM BUT OVERCAST SO HIKING WAS COMFORTABLE AND THE PROMISE OF LUNCH AT A 0ALM 3PRINGS EATERY MADE FOR A VERY ENJOYABLE OUTING FOR THE GROUP !ND AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION WE CHANGED THE NAME OF THE HIKING CLUB TO h4AKE A (IKEv 4O lND OUT WHERE ELSE WE ARE HIKING CALL OR EMAIL ,YNETTE AT OR LYNETTESIMONSON GMAILCOM ~ Len Tavernetti Take a Hike Left to right: Tony Ramu, Len Tavernetti, Grace Parker, Gracey Germany, Ruth Tavernetti and Lynette Simonson. Babbling brook Capturing the moment Our Savior's Lutheran — ELCA Food Pantry Mon., 9 - 11 am 16 Self Help Groups Synagogue 3rd Friday, 7 pm Toddler Nite Wed., 6 pm Worship 8 & 10:30 am Hmong Christian Alliance: Sundays 1-4, Wed Nights 7 pm (951) 849-3343 1320 W. Williams, Banning oursaviorsbanningca.com