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There were about 60 stream crossings, one way, to get to the end of the hike. That's 60 x 2 directions x 3 hikers = 360 stream crossings and no wet feet! |
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View from the parking lot of the canyon we walked into |
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Stream crossing number 1, probably |
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I think this stuff is called horse tail or horse reed, same stuff we have here on the east coast. My dad spotted it growing out of a rock, which was kind of strange. |
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Lizard |
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For a short while, the stream and trail were parallel. :-) |
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Over the river and under the rock, to where we do not know... |
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Ah, apparently we were going to Double Arch Alcove. |
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Double Arch Alcove. A big echo-ey place, but not the main attraction. Scroll on... |
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Couldn't cross the stream here... wasn't anywhere to go. |
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Here's the cool part. Any hike ending in a neat 50 foot cascade is a good hike. |
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I didn't get any good pictures of what it was like inside the crevice with the waterfall falling right next to you. It was awesome. |
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I climbed up to the top of the waterfall and looked up the canyon. Would have been neat to continue on, but it was a crappy climb, all on sand and scree. |
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to get |
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your pack |
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and gear |
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A five foot snake. I looked him up, but forget his name already. |
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Same shrub as in Zion, but with flowers |
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Neat swiss cheese rock |
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When we were about a mile from the car the sky started to look threatening, but we didn't get rained on until later, while we were driving to the overlook. |
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i LOVE this one. |
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Huge Utah Juniper shrubs. |