San Rafael Swell Day 1 March 2010

We were just recently here, but we took another trip to the swell this time to follow Bill around for his annual Birthday camping trip. We arrived a little later than we would have liked to on Friday, but we had just enough time to set up camp and do a quick little hike to Farnsworth Canyon.

Farnsworth is cool because it's short and sweet and you see some awesome little slots. Perfect for taking kids and since it's not along a heavily used BLM road, you'll likely not encounter another person. We're definitely coming back to this place.

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Trailhead from the parking area




Dropping into the canyon





The crew








Starting to narrow up





Bill, doing his thing





The first hike of Dexter and Debra's 5 month old life. They were awesome hikers





Dexter chilling





Bailey chilling





Awesome slot














Water stopped most of us, but I continued on over the water and through the back of the slot











The canyon starts to widen again





Cool rock and choke stone





Heading back down canyon








Bailey was a good little hiker