2012 Trip - Day 29

Thursday, May 31 - Blanding, UT, Day 2 - 52.5 Miles Today, 4735.0 For the Trip

Today I paid my $2.00 for a permit to hike Mule Canyon. It is an easy hike of about 1 1/4 miles to the first ruin which is called House on Fire. As you can see in the above photo, the name fits! You do have to catch it under the correct lighting conditions. Since I didn't know how difficult a hike it would e I left early and reached the site at around 9:00AM. At that time the colors were not impressive:

I took a few photos then continued up the canyon to the next ruin. There are a number of them over the 6 mile length of Mule Canyon, but I stopped after the second at about 2.4 miles in. I returned to House on Fire at a good time. The sun reflects of the nearby canyon walls & lights the rocks above the ruin. Later in the day the sun hits the cliff directly, and washes out the effect. 10:30AM is a pretty good time to shoot.


Along Mule Canyon Trail	Along Mule Canyon Trail	Along Mule Canyon Trail	Along Mule Canyon Trail

House on Fire at 9:00AM	House on Fire at 10:30AM	2nd Ruin Along Trail	2nd Ruin Along Trail

House on Fire at 10:30AM	Waiting For The Color

I also shot some photos along the canyon as well as the second ruin. I'll post them here, but they won't be available until gets my website fixed. I called them again today & the answer is "We have our highest level working on the problem." With the site down for 5 days, I am beginning to wonder how high that level actually is.

Well, evidently the highest level works. Woke up this morning (Friday) to find the site back up & working. I loaded the last 5 days worth of photos & pages. Hope it keeps going!

Until Tomorrow -

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