Going down Fox Canyon

Years ago I read a Louis Lamour novel that took place close to here. He described the protagonist traveling through  a series of canyons on his way to the Spanish Peaks. It sounded so much like the land around here.

Of course, all canyons seems pretty much the same on paper. I think the ones he described were called Cougar and Coyote canyon. The ones right behind us here are Coyote and Fox Canyon. 

The latter makes a right angle bend and comes to the edge of our property. In fact we own down to the bottom of it.

I've tried taking pictures of it, but it just doesn't look as steep as when you try to climb it.

The gran kids have built a tepee about half way down and like to go play there. 

It's so calm and secluded.

It makes you think you are at the last scene of Kevin Costner's "Dances with wolves".
You can almost see the tribe spending the winter in this place.