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I had planned to do a totally different hike but ended up going down Tom canyon at the last minute. Got to the trailhead at 7:30am it was beautiful, I had already seen a cow elk with a very small calf, a coyote with 2 small pups and only one other person 
It was going to be a good day. Most of the morning I was hiking in the shade and that kept it cool almost till I had to turn around. This trail, well there isn't an actual trail and for that matter there aren't a lot of game trails either 
. This "canyon" was very cool! And very difficult! The cayon has running water and the ground is covered in flowers, mint and poison ivy 
. It started to get difficut at the 1 1/2 to 2 mile mark. The canyon is overgrown with vines, wild roses and the dreaded locust bush. To go much farther than I had gone I would recommend a mechete or brush knife. There are also lots and I mean LOTS of fallen trees to deal with. But with all that being said it was well worth the effort. I was at the 3 mile mark when I noticed that the water going down my back wasn't sweat 
my water bladder was leaking. I have no doubt that I could have drank the water in the stream but I'm not real fond of the smell 
. So I truned around and headed back.
