Slot Canyons and other sites of the Escalante National Monument Area, May 6, 2010

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Signing the register before we head down
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The slot canyons are down there somewhere
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Making our way down to Dry Fork Coyote Gulch
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There's the wash down there, but how to get to it?
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We missed the main trail and ended up following a series of cairns to this entry point. We ended up across from our goal, Spooky Canyon.
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The entrance to Spooky Canyon
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It's a narrow slot canyon, and gets narrower in places. Much narrower!
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There are a couple of obstacles in Spooky Canyon
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It's getting pretty narrow!
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A lot of people wouldn't fit in here!
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We have to "walk like Egyptians" because the slot is too narrow for our feet to fit cross-ways. At least, my big feet didn't fit!
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Some other hikers are catching up to us. Not much room to pass here!
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There was a step up here of a couple of feet that took a few minutes to get past.

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