Hiking in the Glen Canyon Area

 

Today we hiked the Hanging Gardens trail near Page, Arizona. It was very peaceful. We were the only ones on the trail.

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There was nothing for a long distance.

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I started a bit chilly but warmed up as we hiked.

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We saw coyote and lizard tracks in the desert sands.

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We hiked out to the Hanging Gardens which was a rock alcove with a seep spring. The animals in the area come here to get water.

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It was really pretty.

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As you can see, there is nothing in the high desert… well just beauty.

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We hiked back down and I told Dad my ankle was hurting again. It seems to hurt a little when I am on soft terrain. I was fine walking on the rocks.

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I kept stopping to look at all the pretty flowers. We have to look this one up. I loved it! OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

This one too!

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next we drove across town, a while 6 miles, to the trailhead for Horseshoe Bend. This is more popular as the view is amazing from the edges of the overhangs.

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Dad loaned me his walking stick and I stopped saying my ankle hurt. I walked with Mom and made her stop often to try to get photos of more lizards.

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We finally got up to the cliff edge and tip toed out to the overhang. There are no railings and quite a steep drop-off.

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We rafted this area yesterday. There is a little blue dot in the river, that would have been us yesterday!

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Some brave souls slid out on their bellies to the edges.

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We had our GoPros and took photos over everything. We climbed all over the rocks that were away from edge.

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Mom went close to the edge to take some photos.

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Dad climbed the rocks away from the ledge to get some shots from up high.

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This place was crowded. Apparently there are people who set up slack lines between the edges. No way I would do that. I am a crazy daredevil but not that insane!

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We spent the afternoon relaxing with a campfire and s’mores. We tidied up a bit and after a morning tour will head off to the Grand Canyon.

 

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