So by 7:30am, I now had to scramble back, but now with the pool a little murkier due to me perturbing it, I carefully tried to retrace my steps back to the start of the slot. Then on one fateful step, I managed to slip and dunk into the water thereby getting water into both the Mirrorless camera and the phone.
I knew at this point I was screwed. And the effort wasn’t even justified!
Maybe all the bad decisions in pursuing this waterfall finally caught up with me and I had to respect the limits that Mother Nature threw at me. I even wondered if I saw the Grizzly Bear Falls at all or if that tiny 5ft falls with the rock obstacle further back downstream was it…
- Day 1 (July 21, 2020 – Moab, Utah): “An Awkward Getaway And A Chippy”
- Day 2 (July 22, 2020 – Telluride, Colorado): “Respiratory Taxation”
- Day 3 (July 23, 2020 – Telluride, Colorado): “Risky Requests”
- Day 4 (July 24, 2020 – Aspen, Colorado): “Determined To Succeed”
- Day 5 (July 25, 2020 – Aspen, Colorado): “Dodging The Rain For The Most Part”
- Day 6 (July 26, 2020 – Boulder, Colorado): “Social Distancing Or Lack Thereof”
- Day 7 (July 27, 2020 – Boulder, Colorado): “Rocky Mountain Angst”
- Day 8 (July 28, 2020 – Boulder, Colorado): “Lots of Second Guessing”
- Day 9 (July 29, 2020 – Hill City, South Dakota): “New Adventures In The Plains And The Black Hills”
- Day 10 (July 30, 2020 – Sundance, Wyoming): “Damage Control”
- Day 11 (July 31, 2020 – Wapiti, Wyoming): “Different Worlds”
- Day 12 (August 1, 2020 – Wapiti, Wyoming): “Day One-ish”
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Bedrock May 6, 2021 12:03 pm - Bedrock's other claim to fame is that the old general store was featured in _Thelma and Louise_. I was taking pictures when a couple of local women stopped their pickup and regaled me about Bedrock's moment of cinematic glory! And yes, August in high Colorado is definitely monsoon season. ...Read More
