After three busy days a row we decided we needed to rest a little. It was a cloudy rainy day anyway. I did a few loads of laundry and we sat around and read for awhile. After lunch we decided that we had enough sitting around. We went up the mountain to Black Canyon Trail. One of the problems with this hike is that you have to park at the entrance to the campground and then hike up a very steep hill to the back of the campground just to get to the trailhead. We hiked up the hill most of the way, but a camper told us we were going the wrong way. So we went back down. No trailhead there. This time we took the truck up to look for the trailhead. We finally found it but you can't park there. After a little discussion, it was decided that Kay would take the truck back down, Pops, Jax and I would start hiking the trail and Kay would catch up with us. Kay said she needed the extra hiking anyway because we are old slowpokes. True! The trail is a 1.8 mile loop. The second problem we faced was that it a steep, continuous slope up. Yep, you guessed it. I got about 2/3 of the way up and gave out. The others kept hiking and I went back to the fork to wait on them. After awhile, though, I decided to walk up to meet them coming down the other side. We all finished up together.
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