The Rincon

Tuesday, April 22. Will hell. Lake Powell got another one of my crocks. A few years ago I was here with Bill and some other folks. At one of our beach stops, I stepped off the back of the boat only to go up to my thighs in quick sand or muck. Pulling myself out, one crock stayed on, the other came off, never to be found. Well this afternoon after hiking around our beach site a bit, Bill found a crock near his stern shore line, and as what he thought was a joke in regards to that incident a few years ago, tossed it up on my bow. Hey wait, that is my crock, as I realized the wind gusts blew them off my bow where I had them drying while we were hiking… The other one, nowhere in sight. Fortunately I have another pair of water shoes I can wear when entering the water, but I will miss my crocks the rest of this trip…. This morning while making and eating breakfast, I had a young Raven (or Crow) try to get in my windows. He sat on the bow for a while, before flying off. Mike and Christi departed in Little Joe for their return to Wahweap. Bill and I left the Escalante River, continuing to head upstream, exploring more side canyons, including Bowns and Long canyons, and few other unnamed canyons. As we exited the Escalante River, we could see some NPS crews working on the floating toilet there. We made it a short day today, stopping early afternoon at The Rincon. As we were out hiking we met another guy who was exploring the area with his wife, in a small inflatable boat. They were camping on the other side of the beach from us. We saw them a few times in Escalante yesterday. A bit windy again this afternoon; otherwise sunny skies and mid 80’s. (For those that have already seen my last upload for Escalante River on April 21, I just uploaded some video from the Cathedral in the Desert to that upload.)Read more