Mile 43 Tiny Cove

Friday, April 18. The winds howled most last night. In fact, both Little Joe and Mystery Girl had to reset their anchors and/or adjust their shore ties during the night. C-Traveler stayed put. Another advantage of bowing in to shore. The winds did die down sometime this morning, but then picked up again this afternoon. Before leaving West Canyon, Mike took his Kaboat to check out the end of the canyon. We explored several canyons today after leaving West. Into Dungeon Canyon, then Grotto Canyon, and several hours in Wetherill Canyon. We stopped near the end of Wetherill Canyon for lunch, and then Bill, Mike and Christy, took their Kaboats to check out the very end of Wetherill, and also another fork that I had gone down, but wasn’t able to get all the way to the end in C-Traveler. Mike, Bill and I have cruised together a number of times. My wife calls us the Three Musketeers. LOL! We all enjoy slow cruise and taking our boats into many nooks and crannies! Bill and Mike extend into smaller places with their motorized Kaboats, that our bigger boats can’t go. I’ll either hang back on C-Traveler to read or fish. Or sometimes will get my kayak down. (I haven’t inflated my kayak yet this trip.) So far my fishing hasn’t provided supper!  Our last canyon to explore today was Mountain Sheep Canyon. We had hoped to find somewhere to anchor or beach for the night, but nothing found. All sandstone, with very little sand anywhere. After leaving Mountain Sheep, Mystery Girl headed across the main channel to check in Balanced Rock Canyon, while Little Joe and C-Traveler continued on the south side to check out Little Arch Canyon. Again, no luck. I decided to poke my bow into a small hidden cove between Little Arch and Cathedral canyons, and found a nice spot for the night. Today was cloudy and chilly, with a high of 55. By this afternoon it was dreary with some rain. Suppose to start warming back up as we go through the weekend.Read more