Had to head back out and see what Escalante and the surrounding areas had left to show us so we headed up from Scottsdale to the town of Big Water... which is just slightly NW of Page, AZ.
Day 1...
With a map my Dad had picked up from the Escalante ranger station a few months back and some exploring on Google Earth the night before, we decided to take "Nipple Bench Trail" from Big Water, and then connect to "Heads of the Creek Trail" with hopes of reaching "Hole in the Rock Road" via "Collet Canyon".
Turns out the first section of trail is basically a wash. Very fun... and zero traffic.
Balancing rock as big as the truck:
First camp site:
Dog checking things out:
Navigation was a bit difficult in the area, and lot's of previous erosion from the last storm made things interesting. We had first tracks on the whole route.
On to
Day Two....