Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Otto and Window Rock

All the trails around here are either short and easy or take six plus hours. Since we got here at 530 we just decided to do two short and easy hikes.
The first hike we did was the Otto hike. It took us 1/4th of a mile from the road out to a peak where "John Otto took his first steps towards climbing independence point." How he did this, I'm not sure because its a straight drop from the end of the observation point. From that point, however, we could see praying hands, pipe organ and wedding canyon. All looked pretty neat.
The next hike we did was right next to our campground. We walked out the window rock and almost got to stand right over it. From there we could see Fruita and wedding canyon. It was also only a quarter of a mile so we made it interesting and came back via the rim trail and landed at the amphitheater where we got to hear an interesting childs story about a baby elephant being spanked by all the other animals. I still don't know what was going on in that story...
When we started back into the campground we ran into the host. He joked about it being illegal to hike in the park and then insisted that he go get a map so he could show us the most dangerous hike in the park. He then showed us the trail that lead to the bathrooms and explained how to fend of those racing us to the toilets. He was funny.
So now we are just sitting by our awesome butane grill (thank you jay! I finally get to use it) and sipping soup out of a bowl because we still don't have utensils. Plus we're attempting to hardboil the rest of our eggs. There are no campfires allowed in the park so this might end up being an early night when it gets cold.
We shall see.


1 comment:

  1. Wait..is this the grill I got you like 4 years ago as a "you could use this in a dorm room if you wanted" present? HOly free holies!!!!

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