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Oct 18 2018

trekkin_gecko

Guides 10
Routes 673
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Triplogs 4,660

67 female

Joined Nov 17 2008
phoenix, az

100 Hands - EPFSP - Mossy Cave, UT

Hiking		Oct 18 2018
		trekkin_gecko • Triplogs 4,660

Hiking	5.10 Miles	820 AEG

Hiking	5.10 Miles
	820 ft AEG

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100 Hands

Petrified Forest Nature Trail

Mossy Cave

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weather had cleared so sue and i packed up and headed out in chilly temps and a good breeze

strike one: [ The Pine Creek Box Trail ]
wanted to do the whole thing, but need a shuttle for it so we planned to do the lower section out and back
drove out posey lake road about five miles - not bad after yesterday's rain
started the hike, made it over the first creek crossing and found there would be no way to stay dry at the second
there are 54 creek crossings on this trail with deeper flow than usual so we turned around
this would be a great hike and it's staying on the list

next up: 100 hands
had steph's description and a map from wade
set out from the escalante river trailhead
sue found the social trail after i started the hard way
fun climb up near the cliffs and then a scavenger hunt for the petroglyphs
temps had warmed up and we just wandered around for awhile
could see a little storm cell coming our way, and on the drive out it started raining lightly again
stopped at kiva koffee until it passed - fun place

strike two: [ Devil's Garden ]
twelve miles down hole-in-the-rock road
we did okay for half of it, then a big stretch of mud that i couldn't see the end of
one 30 degree slide was enough so we turned around

escalante petrified forest state park:
this was a pleasant surprise
did both the petrified forest trail and trail of sleeping rainbows
short but a very nice hike with some elevation gain, good views and interesting samples of petrified wood
campground and a lake - wouldn't mind staying here

mossy cave:
we were staying at the grand staircase inn in cannonville again, planning on IDK BBQ for dinner
did this little hike right off the road
not all that interesting except for the hoodoos along the wash
maybe better if cave was dripping more and waterfall was running

locals were saying the cool temps were a bit early
the rain affected access to several things on my list
have to expect a glitch or two occasionally
still a nice day, and plenty to do when i come back this way

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hazhole

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Sep 30 2016

tdwood

Guides 3
Routes 40
Photos 47
Triplogs 60

56 male

Joined Jul 04 2016
Phoenix, AZ

Petrified Forest Nature Trail

Southwest, UT

Petrified Forest Nature Trail

Southwest, UT

Hiking		Sep 30 2016
		tdwood • Triplogs 60

Hiking	2.24 Miles	552 AEG

Hiking	2.24 Miles	1 Hour 31 Mns	1.60 mph
	552 ft AEG	7 Mns Break

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Convenient hike close to camp at state park. Nice specimens of petrified wood but nothing like one sees at the more well-known national park in Arizona. Nice view from a pour off at halfway point.

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Sep 30 2013

kingsnake

Guides 116
Routes 337
Photos 11,399
Triplogs 894

63 male

Joined Dec 20 2010
Sunnyslope, PHX

Petrified Forest Nature Trail

Southwest, UT

Petrified Forest Nature Trail

Southwest, UT

Hiking		Sep 30 2013
		kingsnake • Triplogs 894

Hiking	2.42 Miles	600 AEG

Hiking	2.42 Miles	1 Hour 8 Mns	2.14 mph
	600 ft AEG

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The second hike of the day, and my seventh in five days on this trip. I was feeling pretty good. My wife started up with me, but the switchbacks were too much for her, so she turned back in favor of the interpretive trail. (I made it up to her by buying her a 67-pound chunk of petrified wood, for her garden, at The Rock Stop, a Flintstone's themed place in Orderville, on the way home.)

When we took our cross-country drive in 2008, we passed through Arizona's petrified forest east of Holbrook, but I enjoyed this more as I actually had the time to get out on my feet, walking amonst the specimens, rather than a quick photo op from a highway pullout. I was kind of hoping for a wider variety of colors though. One neat thing is that the specimens are not in some barren area, but in actual living forest of bushes and small trees.

After the hike, we stopped back in town to pick up some dinner at Nemo's, but two busloads of Dutch tourists had just pulled up, :roll:

so we settled for some subs from the Subway inside the gas station -- much as I have "settled" for Subway thousands of other times. (In my bachelorhood, I ate there five days a week for about six years; my sixty stamped out Subway affinity cards were my hedge against future unemployment.)

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[ checklist ] Roundleaf Buffaloberry

Fauna

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[ checklist ] Cow Wild horse

Geology

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[ checklist ] Petrified Wood Volcanic Bomb

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[ checklist ] Trail Signs and Markings

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[ checklist ] Escalante Petrified Forest State Park Kaiparowits Plateau Wide Hollow Reservoir

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