Today was an oddity; there is no other way to describe it. It started like usual, a nice hot morning with the sun beating down on us. The plan had been to float for a while, and then take a hike up another cool slot canyon. As we set out on the water though a change was in the works. After a short while on the river grey covered the sky, it seemed as though a thunder storm were imminent. As we enjoyed our lunch lightning lit up the sky, and thunder boomed down the canyon walls. We decided to forgo our canyon hike. Hiking up a slot canyon in a thunder storm is a pretty good way to meet a flash flood and drown.
Due to the exemption of the hike, and our desire to get out of the rain, we made camp early that day. It was around three in the afternoon when we started setting things up. The temperature had dropped from the 90s to the 70s, the only thing that proved we were still in a desert was the cacti scattered around. We set up tarps for shelter and with little else to do we started playing some games. It was Carsons birthday, so the games eventually evolved into drinking games. This led to a pretty epic night to say the least, and a pretty horrific next day for one or two. Happy birthday Carson!!
Unfortunately no pictures were taken on this day due to the rain, so I think I'll add some from the other days.
-SM-
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