Jacqueline and Zyla were away, out in Michigan and Illinois to see her close friends from growing up. This left me without the parenting responsibilities to do for the weekend. I still had my mom and Carl in town to hang out with. My mom really wanted to make the blog, so we decided to go for a hike somewhere I had never been before.
We took a shot at making that place the Wave out in the Coyote Buttes area. We went through the lottery process and unfortunately lost. So instead we decided to head up a road I had never driven before. It went up behind Kanab on a road called the Johnson Lake Road that eventually met up with the Glendale Bench. From the visitor center in Kanab, they gave us information on how to find the trailhead for a hike through Lick Wash. It took about an hour to drive out from Kanab to the trailhead. When we pulled in there was one other car there. We started the hike and could tell we were on the right track because the trail led right into what looked like a substantial canyon.
There was one other couple coming out of the canyon who remarkably were also waiting for Wave permits that morning. They were in a better mood, because they had actually won. The woman asked us about a flower that she had seen. We talked to them a bit and then were on our way. This was a good choice of hike because it got us into a canyon type environment without having to do much scrambling around. There was one spot that was somewhat challenging, but mom and Carl were able to get around it. Then it was walking in the shady bottom of this canyon. It would go for a long way if we were to let it. We did go for a couple of miles before it started to open up more. We kind of got the point that most of the interesting stuff was now behind us.
It reminded me of the beginning of the Zion Narrows without any of the water. It was a hot day, so we found a place under a tree to enjoy some lunch. We had a low 80's day out here, but it just reminded me that the hot summer sun was soon going to be beating down on us each and every day. We turned around after lunch and really did enjoy this wash/canyon in Southern Utah. This was one of many, but still unique and interesting with big trees and interesting rock formations.
We were back to the car by mid-afternoon, but were still able to enjoy the drive which popped us out just outside of Glendale. Not a place I would probably come back to, but still an enjoyable day out for a hike.
We took a shot at making that place the Wave out in the Coyote Buttes area. We went through the lottery process and unfortunately lost. So instead we decided to head up a road I had never driven before. It went up behind Kanab on a road called the Johnson Lake Road that eventually met up with the Glendale Bench. From the visitor center in Kanab, they gave us information on how to find the trailhead for a hike through Lick Wash. It took about an hour to drive out from Kanab to the trailhead. When we pulled in there was one other car there. We started the hike and could tell we were on the right track because the trail led right into what looked like a substantial canyon.
There was one other couple coming out of the canyon who remarkably were also waiting for Wave permits that morning. They were in a better mood, because they had actually won. The woman asked us about a flower that she had seen. We talked to them a bit and then were on our way. This was a good choice of hike because it got us into a canyon type environment without having to do much scrambling around. There was one spot that was somewhat challenging, but mom and Carl were able to get around it. Then it was walking in the shady bottom of this canyon. It would go for a long way if we were to let it. We did go for a couple of miles before it started to open up more. We kind of got the point that most of the interesting stuff was now behind us.
It reminded me of the beginning of the Zion Narrows without any of the water. It was a hot day, so we found a place under a tree to enjoy some lunch. We had a low 80's day out here, but it just reminded me that the hot summer sun was soon going to be beating down on us each and every day. We turned around after lunch and really did enjoy this wash/canyon in Southern Utah. This was one of many, but still unique and interesting with big trees and interesting rock formations.
We were back to the car by mid-afternoon, but were still able to enjoy the drive which popped us out just outside of Glendale. Not a place I would probably come back to, but still an enjoyable day out for a hike.
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