San Rafael Swell: Day 3

We did not sleep as well as we did that first night because of both the rain and because of Bailey waking up quite a bit. We woke up to more sounds of rain and hard rain. We were feeling horrible with the thought that we would have to consider leaving and leaving James here, who drove the whole 4 hrs the day before to get there. We quickly ate breakfast and decided to go see Goblin Valley, as James had never been there before.

The place was a mud-soaked mess and the rain continued, but we walked through it anyway.



The chocolate river that ran through the park





Caiden with his poncho on



Bailey just waking up from her nap. Alene was carrying her under her nursing blanket most of the time.



Me and my kids



The rain stopped on our walk back to the cars, so the ground quickly became more stable



Caiden's shoes



The trail going up to the parking lot was dangerous



When we left, it started to rain again. We got to camp to talk about our situation a bit more and decided we needed to leave. James too decided he was going to leave. We felt horrible for him because the last time we went camping with him we had to leave under critical circumstances :-).

My climbing ropes were still tied up, so after loading the truck, the last thing I had to do was climb up some sandstone rock to release them and wrap them back up. That took quite a while, but I was relieved that it didn't end up too dangerous.

My brother's and I are going to go back on the weekend of June. 12th. I hope for much better weather then. We had a great time with two excellent hikes and it was fun hanging out with the Bergeners and getting to know the Grabers some more.