Day 2...
Plan was to connect "Heads of the Creek Trail" to "Collet Canyon" which would keep us out of civilization and make the long ride out "Hole in the Rock Road" that much shorter.
Some ruins on the way ( 37 27'31.21"N, 111 29'19.10"W):
Pretty dang good use of a natural rock feature:
Just past the ruins we entered "Collet Canyon Trail". We were looking forward to the road as we had heard the views were great and it was a bit of a challenge.
Here is a shot I found of the trail entry a few years back:
And here are some shots of what it looked like the day we showed up:
For scale, that board you see is a full 4x8 sheet of plywood
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The road had been completely decimated by the last rains. Very disappointing. There was no way down. Well, maybe one way down... but I needed to keep my glass and try to have the body stay a little straight. We opted for the longer route to Escalante and then up into the mountain behind.
Camping at 9,200 feet (dog bringing me a stick she was quite proud of):
Was pretty darn cold, but we did get to see several deer, one elk... and about six wild turkeys on the way up to the camp spot.
Day Three to follow the wagons....