My Journey

[YukonMontanaTannerTrapper]

Ace.....if I did videos, they'd be much like that.....the content I'm referring to.....of course the quality would be nowhere near that.....

Day 4.....3.27 miles (this sucks)

Day 5.....2.76 miles (this sucks even more)



We passed through Flagstaff, Arizona without making a single stop. We continued north.....along Highway 89.....passed by Humphreys Peak (12,633').....the highest peak in Arizona. I don't think that I've ever seen this peak with so little snow for that time of year, so it killed me not to climb it. Typically it's due to snow cover that I don't climb it.....this year.....it was due to the bum knee.....



We pressed on.....driving north.....spent that night in another Walmart parking lot in Page, Arizona (I misspoke in my last post as this was actually our last night spent in Arizona). Next day we crossed over the Glen Canyon Dam Bridge and made a brief stop here.....and then continued north.....



We didn't travel too far as I'd decided that I wanted to grab a shower at the campgrounds in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.....



It's a short, scenic drive off of Highway 89 to the campground showers that are located along Wahweap Bay.....




Apparently the hot water heater was not in working order so an ice cold shower was as good as it got.....that sure did have me thinking about the hot shower at home.....




This stop too was brief.....and soon enough we were back on the highway. Now I'd been watching the weather up north (in Montana) and it still wasn't good. Additionally, I was watching the weather on the mountain pass that we'd have to cross to access the interstate north. Well, I decided to pause any movement further north.....so we headed into the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.....



We were last camped here in December, 2020 and we ended up camping in the exact same spot as we did approximately 4 years ago.....



Looking to the north.....from the kitchen tables' window.....was that butte that I had named Butte 5220 (5220 reflecting its summit elevation).....

 

[YukonMontanaTannerTrapper]

We climbed that butte back in 2020.....it was awesome.....and it was actually while down climbing it that I injured my hip.....which resulted in me getting a hip replacement several years later.....



And now here were again.....with yet another injury.....



I kept thinking that the knee would heal up just enough that we could get out and at least explore just a bit.....



So we stayed here for 5 nights.....watching the weather up north and hoping for a small miracle here.....



We had more beautiful skies.....



Painted with that same fine brush.....



We had blue skies filled with puffy white clouds.....



We had several cloudy days.....with a light rainfall.....



And we had high winds and even snowfall.....



But ultimately.....there was just no way that we could explore so finally on the morning of our sixth day here, we packed it in and continued driving north.....

 

[Ace Brown]

Even with a good knee looks to me like climbing 5220 would be near impossible on the upper 1/3 and definitely no go for dogs. Easier on the backside maybe?


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