13.5 miles, 9 hours

My last post came out sounding a little arrogant, I think. And I want to be clear: we planned well but we are also subject to a lot of luck. We have had good weather for our Escalante River days and it makes a huge difference. The weather threatened to blow in another storm today but it didn’t. The difference is felt not only in the warm temperature making the many crossings pleasant, but also the lack of rain keeps the river clear and low for easier crossings. We are very thankful for the good weather!

Some of our crossing were deeper today and we had a lot more rock scrambling, making it a slower day. But it is also refreshing to be hiking along water in this section instead of the many dry washes we’ve seen.