Fall is upon us and winter is knocking on our door. But, we are not ready to give up on the camping season just yet. In order to stretch the season, we headed south to Goblin Valley last weekend with a couple of friends. It was actually unseasonably hot with temperatures in the mid 90s. Maybe next year we will put this on the calendar for October rather than September. Despite the heat, we had a great time exploring the hoodoos and hiking through the surreal landscape.
The campground was pretty nice. No water or electrical hookups, but each site had its own shaded gazebo with a picnic table and fire pit. The shaded gazebo came in handy for the hot afternoons. We stayed in site #14 which was located right up against the eroding cliffs. I don't think there is a bad site in this campground.
On Saturday we hiked from the campground to the Valley of the Goblins. It was about a mile hike through some pretty odd landscape. It felt like we were in an ancient obsolete drainage. It was worth the hike in the heat to see the view of the Goblins. This is a shot from the view area.
On Sunday we tried to hike the famous Little Wild Horse slot canyon trail. We thought our dogs were pretty adventurous, but even they have their limits. After hauling Darwin up and over 7-foot ledges and squeezing Riley through slots too narrow for your shoe, we decided to turn around.
We will definitely have to come back sometime soon (without the dogs) and finish this amazing hike. Although, I do think Riley had a pretty good time. This is a great shot of her slung over Mary's shoulder.
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