Wednesday - left mid
morning with a stop in Richfield to see my parents. It was good to see
them as it has been 3 months. They were happy to see us. Found my dad
puttering in the back. :). Sadie chose McDonald’s for lunch. Set up
camp in site 10 at Kodachrome state park. It was a fabulous site - would
stay there again (it had a shaded picnic table and was on the outside
part of the circle.) Then it was hammocking and drawing and eating
crackers with spray cheese and enjoying the camping atmosphere. Dinner
was chili Fritos and a not very good fettuccine alfredo. Evening had a
hike to Panorama Point (2.5 miles). Flowers were scarce but coming. View
was good and the sign was struggling. :). We saw the Fred Flintstone
rock and found out Sadie knows who Fred flintstone is thanks to Fruity
Pebbles. Then it was back to the trailer where Sadie set up some string
lights and we watched Phineas and Ferb (Whalemingo and ruthless
episodes) and then slept to a cold night.
Thursday.
Hammock morning while D hiked to Angels Palace. After breakfast we
spent the day along Cottonwood Road. First hike was Cottonwood Wash and
then Lower Hackberry Canyon. Things to remember - Sadie’s animal facts,
finding rocks, stay left at the first of the hackberry hike (or you’ll
go the wrong way and find lots of cow poop), amazing snack spot on a
sand bar where D played the song Kodachrome that I had never heard
before and liked, walking through the water and mud barefoot (Sadie did
not like that at all so D gave her a piggyback ride to the sand bar),
and Darren picking up a thin black thing to then realize it was a worm.
:). On the way back to camp we stopped at grosvenor arch. For dinner we
decided to drive to Tropic and ended up grabbing stuff from Rustler’s
Restaurant and eating it in our trailer. Evening hike for me to Angel’s
Palace where I walkie talkied to D and Sadie down below. More phineas
and ferb and another cold but doable night. Oh - and the stars! You have
got to look at the stars in the middle of the night. Sigh.
Friday.
Surprise suggestion by Sadie to hike to Angel’s Palace. We definitely
took her up on the offer and all three of us enjoyed the awesome views
together. Sadie and I discovered if you take apart a juniper berry thing
that it smells good but is sticky. Back to camp we packed up as the
gnats started to come out. We pulled out to then ditch the trailer at
the start of Skutumpah road where we drove in to hike Willis Creek.
Quite a few cars at the trailhead but the crowds weren’t too bad. We
only went a mile in before turning around as the narrows seems done. We
had such a good time on this hike and Darren was more impressed this
time than the first time. Then we grabbed the trailer and went home
through antimony and koosheram with a stop at The Hot Spot in Salina for
some delicious homecut fries. That was a good trip. Darren and I could
have definitely stayed another day.
Cottonwood
Wash hike - 3.5 miles. south trailhead 14.1 miles down cottonwood road.
(North TH was about 13.) We started from the south trailhead and walked
up to the north trailhead and then beyond a bit as that is where the
narrowest part is. You could make it a short hike by just going from the
north trailhead north through the narrows and back. It would maybe be
3/4 mile. I was glad we did the longer way and definitely do south to
north. Then we walked back on the road.
Lower
Hackberry hike - we went about a mile in and back. Trailhead is 24.3
miles down cottonwood road. Go down into the wash and go right upstream
but stay to the left. You walk through sand for a bit then up the canyon
and you hit water. We took our shoes off and went a little ways only
where we found a good snack spot where we chilled for awhile and just
enjoyed the scenery and solitude. Next time we would like to go farther
and have water shoes.
Willis Creek hike - trailhead is 6.1 miles down Skutumpah road. Parking on the right and cross the road start the trail.
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