By the tittle of today’s blog you can guess that we did not win the lottery for The Wave. The process was interesting to be a part of. Thirty-nine applications were submitted for eighty-eight people.
They only drew four (numbers) applications to fill the ten slots. One number was called wrong. That was disappointing for that guy. Then with one minute to go an Asian lady ran in the door to apply who could not speak one word of English and you guessed it ... she won one of the slots. Tomorrow morning will find us back at the BLM office for another try. Wish us luck ... again!
So instead we drove 38 something miles out Hwy 89 from Kanab into The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to Cottonwood Road. There we drove another 30 miles out a dirt, washboard road to Grosvenor Arch.
Grosvenor Arch is a magnificent double arch. They tower 150 feet above the ground and are 100 feet in diameter. And by the way at this point we were almost back at Kodachrome State Park.
From there we headed about three miles back down Cottonwood Road to the north trail head for the Cottonwood Narrows. It’s a somewhat easy hike until the south end where there is a huge rock scramble to climb down. The narrow Navajo Sandstone was very scenic and a fun hike to take.
After hiking the one and a half miles through the slot canyon we arrived at the south trail head. Instead of turning around to hike back we returned to Tim’s truck by walking the road back. Making for a nice two and one half mile round trip hike.
We had one more stop to make on the drive back into Kanab. Pahreah! With incredible rock formations and a canyon vista background this was the location for many western films.
In 1998 a flood severely destroyed the film sets. BLM removed the debris and in 2001 rebuilt the structures nearby. Then in 2006 the new location was destroyed by a suspicious fire. No structures remain.
It was a jam packed day full of different adventures. Lottery. Road trip. Slot canyon hike. Old movie set location. It made for a long day.
Today’s quote -
‘It’s not what you find, it’s what you find out.’ - David Hurst Thomas, Archeologist, 1989
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