Day 3 cont'd

So the afternoon we did the courthouse wash. This hike follows the wash (obviously), so we walked in the water for some of it, where the water was gross or blocked we would walk on the banks. Now this hike was supposed to be something like 14 miles.... we ended up walking about 30 miles. I don't know how, but we did. At some points the water was up to mid belly so we were holding packs above our heads, other times there was barely a trickle. There were some really gross sections of the wash, and there were some clearer, and some deep sections (I swam one section of it). We were told to do most of the hike in sandals, and I only had flip flops. 30 miles in flip flops are NOT good. I was a little cranky, but looking back I mostly remember the good things of that hike. We were very tired coming out. During the hike we got to experience quicksand (in massive amounts)... that was crazy. I had one foot on solid sand, then the other one was up to my knee in quicksand. It's the neatest thing. Lost some shoes, but they all surfaced eventually. This hike was really neat because of the the picturesque-ness of the surroundings. But we were all mostly cranky and we were anxious to get out of there. Here are some pictures from this hike:


In the evening we went to town and enjoyed the local culture. :) Moab is a great little town. We happened to be there the weekend of their HUGE car show... so everyone was driving around in old cars - or souped up cars, and everyone else had lawn chairs along the roads. It was fun. And there was the best mexican restaurant ever there!!! :)