What a day! In the morning we hiked Mansard Trail. Well, Vaughan did the whole hike. The first mile was all uphill with lots of switchbacks. The Jeep is parked way down there in the valley below.
I got to a point in the trail that I had to say "No" to. Climbing these rocks with bad knees is not an option. Vaughan kept going, of course.
He hiked more than a mile to reach that white cliff in the distance.
Vaughan took some amazing pictures - it looked like the rocks had veins running through them.
Lots of petroglyphs -
These were different - these were etched into the floor.
Views at the top -
After returning to the coach, Vaughan found us another place to visit. Cutler Point. Later that day we took This was another long, deep sand drive. The white cliff in the distance is our destination.
The alcove at the base is where we hiked to.
First we circled around the base -
The quarter-mile climb through deep sand led us to the Grand Chamber which is a huge alcove with a giant sand dune in the middle. The wind and sand has eroded the walls in in beautiful patterns.
That's Vaughan on the far right.
The rock formations inside the alcove were stunning.
The winds were so strong we had to pull our shirts up over our faces and still got sand-blasted hiking back down.
Dinner in downtown Kanab at the Iron Horse restaurant. Not sure yet what tomorrow's adventure might be.
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