Woke up at 3 am and looked outside at a very overcast sky. Could not even see a star. Then, I started hearing snow fall on my tent. It’s April, we are in Utah, it’s snowing, are you kidding?
Woke up to more of the same, off and on snow showers, and a stiff cold wind. We began talking about what we will do today. We had to walk, no doubt about that. But would we drop into the slot canyons, or hike 25 miles to Tropic? We didn’t have to decide right away either. We had 10 miles to go to the point where the route dropped into some narrow slots. So we hiked. It was smooth easy hiking on a dirt road. Easy 3.5 miles an hour.
We hiked through dense snow coming down on a ridge, then it cleared up. We got to Grosvenor Arch, which was really neat. It was right along the road, and really beautiful with snow coming down. There was an outhouse with a covered porch. We sat under there and observed our options.
I didn’t want to miss this next section, but didn’t have enough food to wait the storm out. So we left, headed for Tropic. We got a ride after about 15 miles, which was much appreciated, as our feet were beat. This is a section we will come back to. But for now, we will wait the weather out. Looks like storms the next two days. We will wait it out, as there are slot canyons out of Tropic that can not be missed.
Not much happening in this small town, but we will enjoy it for all its worth, and support the local economy.
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