Upper Calf Creek Hike

Monday we sort of took the day off. We drove into town and went to the visitor’s center to leave a note for Tom and Sarah Husby. They said the might be in on Tuesday and we had agreed to let them know where we were via the bulletin board. After we talked to the Ranger about some hikes, we drove back to the little gift store that had internet connection and had lunch. We both had chicken salads and let me tell you they were not cheep. I connected to the blog and uploaded the first few days of our adventure, and then we bought a few items as souvenirs. Linda saw a metal sun that she loved and I felt it would go great in our new camper, so we bought it. Then we both got T-shirts and a guide book of the area. We broke the bank on this stop, oh well, we are on vacation.

We gassed the Jeep and then decided to drive out to the Upper Calf Creek water falls hike. The hike is down hill into the falls over slick rock and sand trail. It gets a little confusing at one point, due to people setting up various rock cairns to guide wandering souls back on track. We never really lost trail, but we entered via a different route then we exited.

The falls was beautiful and we were the only ones there! In spectacular-ness, I made that one up, this trip was at least an 8. It was short, had vast vistas and finished at a beautiful waterfall. We sat in the sun and relaxed just glad to be out of the snow and rain that we left in Idaho.

The hike out was all up hill of course but that didn’t diminish the rating of this hike. We drove back to camp and had a great dinner of turkey noodle soup and salad. I worked on the photos and the blog, Linda read her book and slept. Tomorrow we hike the Escalante River Hike.