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Yesterday we drove out of town to do an area hike and Rick said: “That's Matt- with the wrecker”! Sure enough that was Matt himself from Matt’s Off-road recovery, awesome. Spontaneous and enthusiastic waving happened and they politely waved back to the fans in yellow Jeep 
We drove further and started a canyon loop hike.
Beautiful canyon with a short steep ascent:
Taffoni
Climbing continued, easy rocky route ahead
Almost there. Notice how Rick is carrying my poles that I usually never bring…… because well, I’m not fond of poles, but occasionally need them.
Great views! Couldn’t wait to get a closer look.
Wait… is that rain? Nah… two months with no rain and 20% chance today. It’s not going to happen.
So we continued to finish a loop hike
And then I saw the emergency poncho get unfolded, wait.... “Where’s your wind breaker & raincoat ? The one you have been carrying every day for two months? Didn’t bring it, I heard”
Some discussion followed, as we had barely started the hike. Hm…. It’s the desert, how bad can it get? We decided to head back, uh…. I wasn’t convinced heading back over slippery boulders would be better than finishing the loop. But this was unfamiliar terrain.
Not fond of poles, but brought them on this hike and they now came in handy.
Eh… wait! We were just up there. Is that blue sky? Think the poncho can come off now!
Looking back. We got tricked! Lesson learned.
Looking back up! What the heck, so much blue sky.
We got back to the car and Gaia showed 2.28 miles exactly - that’s a record low for sure!
This was not what we planned, we should have pushed through, another desert lesson learned.
We headed into the park and made another stop where families were having fun in the lava tubes close by!
A few days prior we met up with @fossana , it was nice to catch up again and we all enjoyed some awesome Mexican food !
We drove further and started a canyon loop hike.Beautiful canyon with a short steep ascent:
Taffoni
Climbing continued, easy rocky route ahead
Almost there. Notice how Rick is carrying my poles that I usually never bring…… because well, I’m not fond of poles, but occasionally need them.
Great views! Couldn’t wait to get a closer look.
Wait… is that rain? Nah… two months with no rain and 20% chance today. It’s not going to happen.
So we continued to finish a loop hike
And then I saw the emergency poncho get unfolded, wait.... “Where’s your wind breaker & raincoat ? The one you have been carrying every day for two months? Didn’t bring it, I heard”
Some discussion followed, as we had barely started the hike. Hm…. It’s the desert, how bad can it get? We decided to head back, uh…. I wasn’t convinced heading back over slippery boulders would be better than finishing the loop. But this was unfamiliar terrain.
Not fond of poles, but brought them on this hike and they now came in handy.
Eh… wait! We were just up there. Is that blue sky? Think the poncho can come off now!
Looking back. We got tricked! Lesson learned.
Looking back up! What the heck, so much blue sky.
We got back to the car and Gaia showed 2.28 miles exactly
- that’s a record low for sure!This was not what we planned, we should have pushed through, another desert lesson learned.
We headed into the park and made another stop where families were having fun in the lava tubes close by!
A few days prior we met up with @fossana , it was nice to catch up again and we all enjoyed some awesome Mexican food !
