So, I am still not very good at taking good pictures on canyoneering trips, but here is this times attempt at it. A couple of friends, and I went to Escalante this last weekend, only two of us had done Peak-a-boo and Spooky, so we had to take the others there. That was friday, we got down there about 2 and were hiking by 3, the weather was so nice. We even went up Brimstone to the water, but all this was a warmup for the following day.
We drove out to Egypt and got there about 8. The times I have been there before, there have never been another car there, I guess the secret is out. Saturday morning we got up to a beautiful sunrise, slept in a little more and then took our time getting ready. About 9:30 we left the trailhead, with totally clear skies and nice temps. We took the direct route heading straight towards the mouth of Neon and about noon we dropped off into the escalante. We left some stuff in the mouth of Neon and started up the side of the canyon. Because clouds were gathering and only some of us had wetsuits we decided to drop in above the last 3 repels. The water not too bad, and only forced a swim in about 3 places. I was very surprised to see the keeper full of water, and it may have even filled with sand... for now... The repel out the golden Cathedral was awesome and there was only a little bit of green sludge on the pool below. By this time the sky was completely overcast and so we got out of there pretty quick. It rained on us 3 times before we got to the car, but it still was only mildly cold. About 8 we pulled into the big restaurant in Torrey, I don't remember the name of it, but food always tastes good after a long day hiking. The food took a little longer to get then expected and so we didn't get home until 1 AM, but the trip was great overall, I just wish I could spend more time in Escalante.
