Day 2 of Buckskin started peacefully. We had a nice little breakfast and started out. The day before, Shelly was in the back with her sister and a couple slower hikers. They took off an hour early to get a head start.
We only had 7 miles to do this day. That felt like a cake walk. We left camp a little before 9 a.m. We left the gulch and took a left up Paria canyon. There was water but no clay so it was easy.
Nicole and me, I still have sleepy face.
I had slept so I could appreciate the canyon again! Wow!
The canyon started to open up and we hiked up a wash for the rest of it. Shelly and the early bird hikers finished about 45 minutes before the rest of the group. I was first out of the rest of the hikers. I made it! I was sore but I didn't even die! Ha ha!
We ate in Kanab. I had a lovely salad.
I also had a delicious chocolate milk!
Chocolate milk is my new favorite thing! I can't believe how it helps me recover! I have so much less stiffness after a hard adventure. I thought it was an old wives' tale but it's fantastic stuff! I was a little sore the next few days but not too bad for hiking over 21 miles!
This hike was amazing but I don't know if I'd do it again. That first day was hard. I'm sure we had less sticky mud than previous years because of the lack of rain but it was a lot for me. I can't imagine hiking in it all day. I'm glad I went, I'm glad I did it and didn't injure myself on all those ankle-twisting river rocks but I checked it off my list. If Merril wants to go, he might need to find someone else to go with.
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