Kanab put us in a great spot to pick up our permit and hit the White House Trailhead.
The 4.5 miles in the sand was tiring but the seeing the canyon walls get higher was cool. The confluence was also cool. This place is awesome. Even the boring part had some windows and flowers.
Slide Rock Arch WAS cool. Thought it might not be as cool as pictures looked but it was - even without water around it. Also loved the peregrine falcons chasing each other and talking.
Stopped after 8.5 miles. Ate lunch and listened the ravens yell, watched the frog, and filtered the water. Sigh. I love this part of backpacking.
After resting we headed up Buckskin for a bit. It was typical Buckskin - some green and some skinny and amazing. We didn’t go very far before coming back to camp. But while we were in a narrow part of Buckskin, a raven flew through the narrow part of the canyon not far above our heads and we could hear its wings flap. It was amazing! I also watched some canyon wrens. I am digging the birds here.
We had dinner at a really cool spot. Just eating between towering canyon walls. The ravens are still going strong. Yappity yap yapping.
I like our camp. Chilling at the low flowing river, the view of the stars between the tall walls, and even the loud ravens were enjoyable. Packing our chairs was a good choice.
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