Neck Spring Trail

Sniff. We had to pack up our campsite today to hit the road again. We've really grown attached to our lil primitive site on the river these last two nights.

Anyway, onwards, to Canyonlands National Park! The great thing about the Utah NPs is that their names tell you everything you need to know about them. Guess what Arches NP has a lot of?

Yup:


And canyonlands has a lot of these:


Nailed it, God. (that's one of our inside jokes from the trip. Other things God has nailed include panda bears, the Rocky Mountains, and the Simon & Garfunkel song "Bridge Over Troubled Water," but He dropped the ball on polar bears).

Anyway. Good hike! Maybe the nest yet! About 6 miles of solitary desert hiking first through a canyon:


And then up along a ridge:


Good views, and that takes us through our third National Park of the trip, and third day of camping, and, most importantly, fourth day of not showering.

Miles: 2,500
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