Ted's Hiking World Chesler Park Loop
Canyonlands National Park, Utah

April 25, 2021

Well, this was more work than expected, but certainly was worth it.  It also degenerated into two different hikes; the three fast walkers opted for the more difficult route up to Druid Arch, which I visited last year.

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An interesting start

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An easy passage if one is skinny

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Paul's 'Cough Drop Arch'

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Ragged Rockflower

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Brenda likes it here

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Today's wildlife entry

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Chesler Park

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The marvelous Joint Trail is down there.  Wish we had the gumption for it.

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Prickly Pear

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Starting down the more primitive loop

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Misplaced the trail in here, necessitating a minor scramble

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The Druid Arch Trail is in sight

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The section that takes us twenty minutes

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Finally down to the wash

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Sulphur Buckwheat, without the flowers

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Brenda's fake slab

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Closing the loop at the real slab

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Back together again

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The ubiquitous La Sal Mountains

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Clamshell Rock

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Carmine rests in a triple archlet

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End of the line

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This world-famous roadside attraction is not to be missed on the return.  The absence of direct sunlight enables my best-ever photos here.

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Parade of sheep

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Parade of feet

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Hunting scene

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