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| no partners | | Day 6 Part 2: The Hike
After finishing the Scenic Drive, it was time to Hike some of the Valley...The Weather was...interesting...Blowing Sand and the Threat of Rain...This is the only Hike that you can legally do in the Park without a Guide, so I was going for it...
I signed in at the Information Window inside the Visitor's Center (a requirement) and headed out making sure to take a Rain Poncho with...It tried to Rain a couple of times on this Hike, but never got with it enough for me to pull the Poncho out and cover up the Camera...And it was actually good that when I dropped into the Valley, the blowing Sand almost completely subsided, with the Temps being really nice...
I had read some Comments on the Sign-In Sheet and the Guy before me had complained that the Trail was not well marked and he finally turned around...Hmmmm....He must not Hike much...  Between the Trail Lined Rocks, the Cairns and the Painted White Rocks, some with Arrows, I had no Trouble...Even if I didn't have any of those 3 things, the Trail is worn enough to follow just fine...The only Place where the Markers were really helpful was when the Trail would enter, follow and exit a Wash...I actually thought they did a great Job with this Trail...
Basically, this Trail does a Lasso Loop around the West "Mitten", so you get to see it from all Sides...The Mittens, when you look at them from the Overlook, are Left and Right Handed...At one Point in the Hike they are both Right-Handed...  And there is a long, narrow Gap in the Mitten that I'll bet a lot of people don't ever see...
This was a really nice Hike! Probably made even nicer by the Weather...90+ Degrees with no Shade on a Sunny Day and this would have been a lot warmer....Lots of Views and Scenery and I was the only one out there...Hard to beat all of that...  |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
Several Different Types of Shrubs out there Blooming |
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