12 miles, 6 hours

Last Chance Creek is very flat and the walking is easy, though because of recent rains the bottom was muddy and had quicksand in many places. The quicksand seems to be in places where silt collects and mixes with the sand.

There was not much growing and it was quite bland to begin with, but near the road it got more interesting with pinyon and juniper and sandstone walls worn with all sizes of holes.

We saw more oil shale exposed by the wash and it smelled like a garage sometimes. Sometimes our footprints in the wash bottom exposed black oily silt settled beneath the tan silt.

The wash was very cow-trampled in the upper parts. They sure make a smelly mess.

Another storm blew in last night and it snowed on us several times today.

TRAIL NOTES:
There was water all the way to the road.