![Beautiful view.](http://tapestryinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/canyon30web-300x225.jpg)
The buttes in the canyon of Pine Ridge were quite beautiful and easy to hike to. I was amazed to find a small pine tree, unaffected by the fire, growing out of one of the buttes. It was quite the image of determination.
![A ring of buttes.](http://tapestryinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/canyon32web-300x225.jpg)
![Slope to buttes.](http://tapestryinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/canyon31web-224x300.jpg)
![A lush field with buttes.](http://tapestryinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/canyon33web-300x225.jpg)
![The moon rising over a butte.](http://tapestryinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/canyon34web-300x225.jpg)
![A pine tree grows out of a butte.](http://tapestryinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/canyon36web-224x300.jpg)
![Buttes rise about burned and green trees.](http://tapestryinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/canyon37web-300x225.jpg)
The buttes in the canyon of Pine Ridge were quite beautiful and easy to hike to. I was amazed to find a small pine tree, unaffected by the fire, growing out of one of the buttes. It was quite the image of determination.