Ted's Hiking World Fruita Overlook & Hickman Bridge
Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

April 28, 2021

Welcome back, Dave, to a real hike.

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In the parking lot

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The basalt boulders, rounded by river action, are common to the Fremont River area

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Candelaria fungus

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Roundleaf Buffaloberry

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Not the official overlook, but close enough

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View to the west

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Looking south

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Somebody fed the panhandler

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Our cars are down there

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Starting down

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Toothed Crust fungi

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Henry Mountains to the east

The Henrys were among the last ranges in the United States to be surveyed and named.  I had been mistakenly calling them the Humphrey Mountains.

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Fern's Nipple tops the skyline

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Ti and Eileen forge ahead, as usual

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Descending the wonderful slabs

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Claret Cup Cactus  -aka-  King's Cup Cactus

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That's 'PECTOL PYRAMID'

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Globe Mallow

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Nels Johnson Bridge

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It has a window, making it a double natural bridge

And it goes unnoticed by most hikers.  I missed it on my own first visit.

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Getting closer

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Hickman Natural Bridge, 133' × 125'

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Paul feels that this one will outlast most of the spans in Arches NP

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Behind the formation

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We were over there earlier, at the bridge viewpoint

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Carmine is here as well

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The loop trail back

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The top side of Nels Johnson Bridge

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More cactus

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Patterns across the canyon

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Now they tell us

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