HayDay 18 & 19: Escalante
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023, 0630-1130)Beginning of Coyote Gulch to Hole in the Rock Road, hitch to Escalante 12 miles, elevation 5870′ I survived the night, untouched by ROUS’s. I slept pretty well except that I did have one momentary complaint in that I was too hot! It was in the mid 60’s in the morning and I was sweltering under my quilt just as I went to bed, like I was back in Florida. At least everything was bone dry \ no condensation in the morning…kind of weird being next to a stream…not at all like Florida. I got to enjoy about 7 miles of walking up Coyote Gulch, one of the most popular hikes in all of Utah. The[…]
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