Woke up to another amazing sunrise. It was incredible. Red rocks have so much color when the sun is coming up. We ended yesterday off route, but this morning we quickly found the place we needed to be. Dropped quickly into Fiddler Canyon, which was named after a fiddle playing sheepherder.
Quickly we were at the Dirty Devil River. The guidebook states to try not to drink it. The reason being that it is alkaline, extremely silty, contains heavy metals, and contains agricultural waste. The guidebook states that it will give you diarrhea. Glad we still had water to get us through. The dirty devil was a fun challenge, the route had us going from one side of the river to the other, as it weaved through a canyon. Quicksand filled the banks, never a real threat, fun to play in. The hardest part was not being able to see the bottom of the river, and it got deep in some places.
We were on a road after that, it was beautiful though. Took us through Poison Spring Canyon. No traffic on this sandy road to nowhere. We pulled off a 23 mile day. It felt good to finally make miles.
Tomorrow we head into the Henry Mountains. Up to 11500 or so feet. Cant wait to get in some snow for once on this trip.
I saw a sign at Hite Marina yesterday, which spoke about Butch Cassidy. He used to run cattle through this area on a series of trails. It made me wonder if he traveled the trails we are hiking. It made me wish I could see the world way back then, things have changed.
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