San Juan River Trip – Day 3

Since we made a lot of miles yesterday on the river, we were able to go on a hike before pushing off for our next day’s travel. We were strategically camped at the Slickhorn Gulch campground, so we took about a 45 minute hike up the gulch/canyon. It was beautiful and full of many pools, some full of tadpoles!

Finishing up breakfast before our hike.
Our campsite at Slickhorn Gulch. We finally copied some of the wiser river travelers and dumped buckets of water on our tent site to cool down the sand. Too bad we didn’t figure this out the first two nights as it was like sleeping on hot coals – my sleeping bag never came out the whole trip!
Ready to head down the river in the glorious shade!
Lots of tadpoles in the pools of water in Slickhorn Gulch, but we never saw any adult toads.
Apparently there is a waterfall farther up the gulch but a little longer hike than we had time for this morning
Heading back into camp.

Once we were on the river, it was nice because we had a bit of shade.

Once we popped back out into the sun, the sarong came out and our first water fight ensued!

Queen of D Nile
Come and get us, suckas!

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