Day 3

Morning Glory Bridge

Because the restaurant had to be closed for repairs April 29 - May 7 we decided to take a road trip. The following posts are a daily log of our adventures.

Today we broke camp and heading out for a hike while Kent finished up some business in town. We stopped at Negro Bill Canyon to hike to Morning Glory Bridge — about 4.5 miles round-trip. It was a colder day in the desert at 65 degrees. Perfect for the dogs to make it there and back without any problems.

Trail to Morning Glory Bridge

Because of the storm the night before, a lot of the plant life was rejuvenated. A little rain had fallen during the night — not much, but enough — so all the plants could begin to bloom and bright green returned to their leaves. The trail followed the stream though the canyon so Aspen and Moses had plenty of water and places to cool off along the way. I'd never seen so many flowers in bloom at one time in the desert, and it was the first time I've seen a cactus flower in the wild. A little bit of rain sure goes a long way.

Cactus flowers

After the hike, we met up with Kent at the Peace Tree Cafe in town for a delicious lunch. We decided to head out Kane Creek to the spot we stayed at almost two years ago. The weather was supposed to be snowy and cold in Colorado, so we decided to hide in the desert for a few more nights. We filled up our water jugs, stocked up on some more ice and firewood, and headed down the 4x4 road to Dripping Springs. We'd seen a lot of people in town so we were also afraid that the camp spot might be taken.

Headed back to the trail head.

We did have a minor set-back on the way to camp — Kent didn't fasten down the rear hatch of his truck, so when he went over a large rock, it came loose, slowly opened and the beer cooler ejected from the bed. Beers and blocks of ice went flying, and we had to scramble to clean everything up. It was a good thing it was block ice, otherwise we would've had warm beer for the next few days. Shortly after we made it to our vacant spot, we quickly set up camp, and started a fire so we could grill up some burgers to satisfy out hungry bellies. Nothing too fancy, just a big kosher pickle and a cold dry beer to go along with it — plus a handful of Ruffles. Delicious.