Scenic Toilets of Inner Earth
Scenic Scatology of the Wilderness Vagabond
Photos without details, yet with expressive
expurgation
by Rob Jones
(Text
and Photos © copyright by Rob and others as listed)
This page contains scatological photos from many different trips. I have consolidated
them here for your enjoyment...
Submit your stunning scenic toilet photos to Rob at "
wildvagabond at yahoo.com"
(replace the "at" with the @ character)
First, here are the opening photos: Left - Big Baldy LO in the Frank
Church Wilderness, Idaho;
Center - Santa Maria Spring area, Grand Canyon, Arizona;
Right - Tuxedo Bottom, Green River, Utah
The
important thing about running your tight little outdoor economy, is that it must not run you.
You must learn to deal with the practical details so efficiently that they become second
nature. Then, after the unavoidable shakedown period, you leave yourself free to get on with
the important things -- watching cloud shadows race across a mountainside or passing the time
of day with a humming bird or discovering that a grasshopper eats grass like spaghetti or
sitting on a peak and thinking of nothing at all except perhaps that it's a wonderful thing
to sit on a peak and think of nothing at all. Colin Fletcher, The Complete
Walker, 1968
Here, in sextuplet (or larger) sections of scatological schema,
are the toilets: (in no particular order - enjoy)
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Beamer Trail - Grand Canyon, AZ
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Bonneville HS, Idaho
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Bonneville HS, Idaho
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View from Clear Creek toilet, GC, AZ
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Dog Lake area, Wasatch Mtns., UT
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Horseshoe Mesa, GC, AZ
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Horseshoe Mesa, GC, AZ
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Bright Angel Trail, GC, AZ
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Hermit Cr., GC, AZ
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Hermit Cr., GC, AZ
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Hermit Cr., GC, AZ
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Horn Creek Camp, GC, AZ
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Horn Creek Camp, GC, AZ
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republican toilet, Indian Gardens, GC, AZ
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republican toilet, Indian Gardens, GC, AZ
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Monument Cr., GC, AZ
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Monument Cr., GC, AZ
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Salt Creek, GC, AZ
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Salt Creek Camp, GC, AZ
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Santa Maria, Hermit Trail, GC, AZ
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Santa Maria, Hermit Trail, GC, AZ
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Santa Maria, Hermit Trail, GC, AZ
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Dandelion Flat, Henry Mtns., UT
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Kachina Trail, San Francisco Peaks, AZ
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Middle Fork Salmon, Frank Church Wilderness, Idaho
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Scatamatic, Middle Fork Salmon, Frank Church Wilderness, Idaho
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Scatamatic, Middle Fork Salmon, Frank Church Wilderness, Idaho
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Scatamatic, Middle Fork Salmon, Frank Church Wilderness, Idaho
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Bighorn heads for Tipoff Toilet, GC, AZ
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Honey Dipper, McCall, Idaho
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Nature Girl at Tuxedo Bottom, Canyonlands NP-Green River, UT
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Tuxedo Bottom, Canyonlands NP-Green River, UT
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Tuxedo Bottom, Canyonlands NP-Green River, UT
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Another republican toilet - photographer unknown
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Mill Creek Yurt, Wasatch Mtns., UT
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Author out in Utah
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O'Leary Peak LO, Sunset Crater NM, AZ
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O'Leary Peak LO, Sunset Crater NM, AZ
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The Tipoff, South Kaibab, GC, AZ
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Cedar Ridge, South Kaibab, GC, AZ
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Bright Angel Trail, GC, AZ
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Bright Angel Trail, GC, AZ
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Inner Basin, San Francisco Peaks, AZ
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Supai Tunnel toilet, N Kaibab, GC, AZ
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Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Bull Pasture, AZ
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Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Bull Pasture, AZ
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Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Bull Pasture, AZ
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Organ Pipe Cactus NM CG, AZ
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Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Group CG, AZ
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Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Alamo Can., AZ
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Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Alamo Can., AZ
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Little Horse TH, Sedona, AZ
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Little Horse TH, Sedona, AZ
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Little Horse TH, Sedona, AZ
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Encinosa Picnic Area, Sedona, AZ
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Grasshopper Point, Sedona, AZ
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Huckaby TH, Sedona, AZ
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Huckaby TH, Sedona, AZ
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Huckaby TH, Sedona, AZ
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Huckaby TH, Sedona, AZ
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Wet Beaver TH, Sedona area, AZ
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Wet Beaver TH, Sedona area, AZ
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Bell Vista Scenic Toilet, Sedona, AZ
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Bell Vista Scenic Toilet, Sedona, AZ
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Bell Vista Scenic Toilet, Sedona, AZ
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Bell Vista sans Scenic Toilet
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Boat Box, Salmon River, Idaho
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Encinoso Toilet, Oak Cr., AZ
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Encinoso Toilet, Oak Cr., AZ
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Bernard, Middle Fork Salmon, Idaho
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Little Creek GS, MF Salmon, Idaho
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Molly's Tubs, Landmark area, Idaho
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THE, A, Sewage Pond, "Lake" Foul
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Oak Cr. Overlook, Sedona area, AZ
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Stinking Springs bath house, UT
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Jim Thompson TH, Sedona, AZ
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Jim Thompson TH, Sedona, AZ
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Posse Ground-Coffee Pot Rock, Sedona, AZ
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Historic Hermit Camp - GC, AZ
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Historic Hermit Camp - GC, AZ
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Deer Cr. Scenic Toilet
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Deer Cr. Scenic Toilet
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Deer Cr. Scenic Toilet
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Deer Cr. Scenic Toilet
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BIG Movement at Tapeats Scenic
Toilet!
The next photo group is from the Torrid Tapeats, 2009 GC report -
click here
for the report.
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Della & Anne arrive for toilet duty
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Pointing the way - scenic toilet!
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Arrival - new scenic toilet
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Arrival - new scenic toilet
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Arrival - new scenic toilet
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Departure - not-so-scenic toilet
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New stuffing
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Trying the fit
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Tapeats scenic toilet
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Corridor and Tonto East?
The next group is from the Grapevine Galleria, 2009 GC
report -
click here for the report.
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Day 1 Grandview Scenic Toilet
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Pipe Cr. Scenic Toilet
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Pipe Cr. Scenic Toilet
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BA Scenic Toilet 1
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BA Scenic Toilet 1
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BA Scenic Toilet #2
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Horseshoe Mesa Scenic grp Toilet
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Horseshoe Mesa Scenic Toilet
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N Kaibab TH - GC, AZ
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N Kaibab TH - GC, AZ
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Widforss TH -GC, N Rim, AZ
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Bill Williams Mtn., Williams, AZ
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Bill Williams Mtn., Williams, AZ
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Bill Williams Mtn., Williams, AZ
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Bill Williams Mtn., Williams, AZ
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Toiyabe Crest!
The next group is from Tempting Toiyabe:
Toiyabe Crest - A National Recreation "Trail", 2009 report -
click here for the report.
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S. Twin Scenic Toilet
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S. Twin Scenic Toilet
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S. Twin Scenic Toilet
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S. Twin Scenic Toilet
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Stone Cabin Scenic Toilet
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Hoover Dam Scenic Toilet
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Phantasmagorical Figure-eight in the Sawtooth Wilderness!
The next group is from the Scenic Sawtooths:
visiting some of the 400 Sawtooth lakes, 2009 report -
click here for the report.
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Edna Lake, Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho
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Mackay, Idaho
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Deadman Hole, Salmon River, Idaho
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Deadman Hole, Salmon River, Idaho
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Deadman Hole, Salmon River, Idaho
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East Fork Salmon River, Idaho
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East Fork Salmon River, Idaho
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Galena Summit, Salmon-Wood River Drainages, Idaho
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Galena Summit, Salmon-Wood River Drainages, Idaho
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Indian Riffles, Salmon River, Idaho
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Petit Lake TH, Sawtooth Wild, Idaho
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Stanley, Salmon Riv byway, Idaho
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Stanley, Salmon Riv byway, Idaho
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Stanley, Salmon Riv byway, Idaho
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Stanley, Salmon Riv byway, Idaho
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Torrey's Hole, Salmon River, Idaho
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Torrey's Hole, Salmon River, Idaho
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Picabo Junction, Idaho
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Self-contained bicycling circle tour of Central Utah!
The next group is from the bike tour trip:
Torrey-Fish Lake-Otter Cr.-Bryce-Kodachrome-Escalante-Boulder-Torrey, 2009 report -
click here for the report.
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Near Torrey, Utah
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Fremont River, UT
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Johnson Valley Reservoir (and fire), UT
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Fish Lake, Utah
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Otter Cr. Reservoir, UT
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Boulder Town, Utah
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Canoeing the Green River!
The next group is from the Stillwater Redux 2009 trip:
Mineral Bottom to Spanish Bottom: River Miles 53 to 0, 0 to 213, 2009 report -
click here for the report.
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Berlin, Nevada - Photo by Terri Propelka
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Mineral Bottom, Green River, Utah
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Camp 1, near Bighorn Mesa, Green Riv., UT
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Spanish Bottom, Green Riv., UT
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Larkhart Riverhead, Green Riv., UT
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Potash riverhead, Green River, UT
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Bucolic Butler Wash
The next group is from Butler Wash – Cedar Mesa area, Utah:
Ruins or ruination? 2009 report -
click here for the report.
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Vermillion Cliffs, S of Page, AZ
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Butler Wash Ruin, Utah
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Butler Wash Ruin, Utah
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Comb Wash CG, Utah
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Comb Wash CG, Utah
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Comb Wash CG, Utah
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GC North Rim snow toilet, AZ - photo by George Whitmore
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Arizona Trail, near Jacob Lk., AZ
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Cedar Ridge, Grand Canyon, Arizona
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Tipoff, GC, Arizona
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Tipoff, GC, Arizona
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Three-mile, GC, AZ
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Mt. Eldon, Flagstaff, AZ
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Mt. Eldon, Flagstaff, AZ
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Mt. Eldon, Flagstaff, AZ
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Hallowed Grand Canyon
The next group is from Cool Running in The Canyon
BA to Cottonwood to Indian Gardens to Hermit Rest via the Tonto Trail, 2009 report -
click here for the report.
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Cottonwood Camp, North Kaibab Trail, GC, AZ
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Cottonwood Camp, North Kaibab Trail, GC, AZ
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Cottonwood Camp, North Kaibab Trail, GC, AZ
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My feeling is that one might best enjoy the zen of toileting. Gazing from a scenic toilet may be a form of meditation.
Others have a different approach.
Toilet Songs?
Well, looky loo, the Beatles talked about toilet confusion....
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, by The Beatles
(Oh, look out!)
She came in through the bathroom window
Projected by a silver spoon
But now she sucks her thumb and wanders
By the banks of her own lagoon ....
For those wishing to go beyond the zen (and pleasant mood) of being with the loo,
here are lyrics from the masterful Johnny Cash for sardonic song accompanying the scenic experience:
Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart, by Johnny Cash
From the backdoor of your life you swept me out dear
In the bread line of your dreams I lost my place
At the table of your love I got the brush off
At the Indianapolis of your heart I lost the race
I’ve been washed down the sink of your conscience
In the theater of your love I lost my part
And now you say you’ve got me out of your conscience
I’ve been flushed from the bathroom of your heart
In the garbage disposal of you dreams I’ve been ground up dear
On the river of your plans I’m up the creek
Up the elevator of your future I’ve been shafted
On the calendar of your events I’m last week
I’ve been washed down the sink of your conscience
In the theater of your love I lost my part
And now you say you’ve got me out of your conscience
I’ve been flushed from the bathroom of your heart
Tune in again as scenic scatological systems are added.....
Submit your stunning scenic toilet photos to Rob at "
wildvagabond at yahoo.com"
(replace the "at" with the @ character)
Other specialty pages on the Wilderness Vagabond site:
Signs of the Times
Pleasant Panoply of Panoramas
Hot Springs Excursions in Idaho, Utah, & California
Pictographs and Petroglyphs
Flowers, Trees, and Shrubberies
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