Gold Bar Float

A couple weeks ago Sheena, Cody, Ivy and I took four duckies with our overnight gear and floated down the river. We put in at the beginning of Potash road after it had thunder-stormed that afternoon.

The crew.

It was so shallow that you could almost walk across the river at some points.

We found a random croquet set on a small sandbar so we took our paddles and played a game. Weird.

One of the best parts of this trip was the food. We had chips and various dips for dinner, and eggs, bacon and fresh fruit for breakfast.

Random river hippy playing the harmonica. What the?

What we woke up to in the morning. Beautiful.

We four-strapped the noses of our duckies together and just floated for hours. Best party-barge ever! I love making food for only a few people and taking care of just myself. No responsibility over passengers! We played around a lot on this trip. 

When we got to Gold Bar we packed up our stuff into the truck and cliff jumped. Gold Bar is a river-side campsite that's right across from the trailhead to Corona Arch. It's even better than Left-hand, the cool-off waterhole in Moab, because the cliff is higher and the water is warmer and deeper.

Mary Jane Canyon

A while ago Clinton, Ivy, and I all had a day off of riverguiding, so we went hiking. We decided on Mary Jane Canyon, and after we stopped by the store for a snack lunch, we hit the trail. There were a lot of distractions along the way, so the hike took us 4+ hours.

 

Beautiful waterfall in the slot canyon. Here you can climb up under the boulders and come out behind the waterfall in a small opening that can fit two people.

 There was a lot of small critters like this one. We caught a couple of other snakes, and they were pretty large.

Found a few of these cool lizards.

  Clint thought he'd try his luck with a toad. She didn't turn into a princess.

There were tons of these new baby toads. We had to be careful to avoid stepping on them as we hiked.