Canyonlands: Cottonwood

27 Mar 2004
at around evening time

Zone: 11
3734237 Northing
610075 Easting

The two short hikes we took today were nice. The first one was rather short, perhaps only 1.5 miles round trip, while the second was 3.0 miles round trip with 1000 feet of vertical. I took a short nap on the way back and tried to contune my nap in the tent to no avail. Instead I watched on as Brent, Trevor, Saul, and Leo gave some salsa to the red fire ants. The ants started digging under the salsa. Saul broke up some pieces of chips and spread them a short distance away from the salsa. The ants grabbed al the chips and took them ino their cave. They gave up on the salsa. We had rice, chicken, and peanut butter in a Thai dinner that Alec made. It was good, although a bit spicey. I just hope I don’t pay for it later on. No BM’s so far either. After dinner, we all sat around the camp fire and discuses what the plan is what we want to get from Canyonlands. The plan did change and we will be waking up at 6am to drive for 10 hours to Arizona. We might even get to see Death Valley on the way back. I think I picked a date for the prom. I’m going to think about is some more though.

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Canyonlands: Ryan Mountain

27 Mar 2004
in the early afternoon

Zone: 11
3760717 Northing
579720 Easting

Just finished a 1 hour hike to the top and now we’re taking a break. I’m hungry.

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Canyonlands: Barker Dam Trail

27 Mar 2004
around lunchtime

Zone: 11
3765521 Northing
578512 Easting

At the top of a rather small cliff. Taking a short break to admire the view. Beef Jerky..yummm.

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Canyonlands: Cottonwood

27 Mar 2004
terribly early in the morning

Zone: 11
3734237 Northing
610075 Easting

I woke up today at 6:17am thanks to some noisy neighboors. That and the sun rising at like 5am…and I had to use the facilities. I’m on page 42 of HGTTG.

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Canyonlands: Ontario Int’l Airport

26 Mar 2004
in the late afternoon

Zone: 11
3769213 Northing
444868 Easting

Flight frim Seatac to LAX was 20 mins faster due to favorable tailwinds.
Checked email in LAX
Flight from LAX to ONT was 20 minutes, total.

Rest of group was delayed about 20 minutes

Started reading “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.” So far, so good.

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