Utah Road Trip Part 2-Wahweap Area

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Our campsite at Wahweep. We even managed to score a tree! While this is a huge campground, our loop wasn't too crowded.

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Sunset view from the campground

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We took a walk around the campground and had some nice views of the evening light on the cliffs around Lake Powell

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Blue hour, from Wahweap. Note the large expanse of rock exposed by the shrinking reservoir

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Sue at the beginning of our next day's hike, to Yellow Rock.This is off Cottonwood Road

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After followign the stream bed for a short distance, we headed up a dry wash and started climbing. It was steep!

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Sandstone waves at Yellow Rock. This place has some amazing formations.

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Castle Rock, viewed frmo near the top of Yellow Rock

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Sue and Keetna on top of Yellow Rock. Did I mention it was windy?

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We descended a bit, to reduce the wind intensity. The rock formations were gorgeous

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We found a slightly sheltered area for lunch. Still breezy, though.

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Sue and Keetna hiking down Yellow Rock

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At this point, I took Keetna, as the slope was a bit steeper.

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After getting off Yellow Rock itself, we hiked around and under the Dragon's Teeth

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Some nice Paintbrush on the hike down

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Heading down the steep, slippery entrance trail, I again took Keetna.

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Once down from Yellow Rock, we went up Hackberry Creek to cool off.

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The upper part of Hackberry narrows

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Keetna and Sue hiking in Hackberry narrows. Keetna thought walking in the water was just perfect.

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As we exited from the Hackberry narrows near the end of the hike, we came across a goat packer. The two pack goats were feasting on invasive Tamarisk, which raised my respect for the goats several notches.

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For our 2nd hike while at Wahweap, we followed Buck Tank Draw to Birthday Arch. There were some interesting rock formations near the start of the hike. And, a lot of sand.