Another enjoyable trip down Salt Trail Canyon to the LCR. We reached the river in 3 hours, before heading a mile downstream to set up camp. The 10% chance of a shower turned our planned sunny 95-degree day into a more pleasant 85 degree cloudy day that was borderline cool when floating the river down to the sipapu. I only popped my goose once, but was prepared with duck tape and was easily on my way again.
After hiking back to camp, I decided to head up and check out Big Canyon again. I forgot what a chore it is to get up to Emerald Pool. Just as I was about to head back to camp, three canyoneers appeared at the top of the second fall and I stayed to watch them make their final two rappels. Not surprisingly, they knew Vaporman, and we chatted a bit about the surprise weather and how it's not really fun to be in Big Canyon when it starts to rain.
I headed back toward camp during a steady shower, strong downburst winds, a couple of lightning strikes and booming thunder that echoes in the gorge for what seems like minutes.
Despite the clear forecast, all of this was obviously cemented when I decided not to bring the fly for my tent. Luckily our camp site was under a nice dry overhang, and the storm cleared before dark set in revealing a starry sky and moonlit canyon walls overnight.
In the morning we headed out early, knowing that the north-south orientation of Salt Trail Canyon keeps it shaded until about 9:30am. It ended up being mostly cloudy anyway. Though the humidity was very high, the cool temperature made the climb out reasonably pleasant, and we topped out before 11.
Here's a short video from our tubing trip down the river. It's nicer to view fullscreen than the downsized preview that shows up in the triplog.
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and was easily on my way again.
Luckily our camp site was under a nice dry overhang, and the storm cleared before dark set in revealing a starry sky and moonlit canyon walls overnight. 
