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Backpack in Southeastern Utah (the "Grand Gorge"), May 2003

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Hiking down into the Gorge on Day 1 (don't we look clean!)

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One of the ruins (Jailhouse Ruin) with pictographs and petroglyphs...fun to explore!

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Rock formations and cottonwoods

 

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Hiking through some beautiful country!

 

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Cooper taking a break on a flat (cool) ledge and checking the map!

(note the mud in the foreground- this was one of the "intermittent springs"!)

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Lots of interesting and gorgeous geology.....

 

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We were early enough to see lots of spring flowers in bloom....

 

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Jenell making breakfast the last morning ....

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Back at the truck at the end.....ready for a shower and something cold to drink!

 

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