When visiting Makoshika, you won't find lakes, rivers or streams, however, during the spring run off or after a rain storm, the sand trails fill with water and collect in low areas creating some muddy watering holes for the wildlife of the park. This little waterhole is usually here year round, and as the summer heat dries it up, it looks a lot more like a mud pit. This was the first time I remember hearing bullfrogs at it, and I could hear them from the top of the
Diane Gabriel Trail which from the stairs looks out over it.
I love the way this rock formation that is near the same water hole looks like the backbone of a dinosaur. You can see the sand trail is still wet after a recent rainstorm. The trails here become quite slippery and dangerous when wet. Sometimes what might look like dry crumbling dirt can actually be very slippery mud underneath.
