David and Enid at park sign
We rode our bikes this morning out the highway towards the east. We stopped along the way to take pictures of many of the flowers that are blooming off the edge of the road. Then on our way back we cycled to the visitor information center to see if they could identify the plants for us. They did have some books that we were able to consult, and we thing we found most of them. A couple though seem rather different than anything we could find.
After lunch, which we ate in the trailer – biscuits, cheese, ham and jam – we drove to the end of the road into the park. This is the start of the Confluence trail. I was thinking we might hike it tomorrow, but it is too long, and if the trail is anything like it started, too rough to be much fun. We did hike the Slickrock Trail, which is a 4.5 km loop trail that goes out to several viewpoints. The trail guide identified the buttes and rock cliffs that can be seen in the distance, so we now know the names of some of the buttes we have been looking at for the last few days.
We stopped at the campground office, where Enid had a strawberry milkshake, a real milkshake made with an old Hamilton Beach machine. It was delicious, and I know that, since I shared a good portion of it with her.
We thought we might stay one more day, but this afternoon after seeing that the remaining hikes are more difficult than we want, we have decided to leave tomorrow morning.