After a full morning exploring the Black Butte Road petroglyphs, I invited Jim and Chris to join me on a trip to Little Finland, which they had not heard of. As I posted last year, Little Finland is a plateau of red rock, about twenty acres or so, containing some of the most unusual formations Mother Nature has sculpted. For this visit, I made a point of going to a different area than last year, making sure the photos aren't the same. However, there are similarities since it is the same basic rock that has been exposed to the same elements.
Fortunately, there is a small hill you can drive up to avoid a steep little climb up to the plateau. The occasional rain collects on the plateau, then gradually seeps through the rock, providing life support to the native palm trees along the bottom of the formation. Salt deposits left behind are also useful to life in this wilderness.
WOW . . those are great . . I have never heard of them either . . why the name Little Finland?
ReplyDeleteI should have mentioned the official name of the area is "Devil's Fire". Over time, "Little Finland" has become the popular name for it. It's because of all the fins, has nothing to do with the country.
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