MudderNutter
Adventurer
We weren't quite sure what where we wanted to head yet... but I heard cool things about Gunnison before. So, I made sure there was some openings at the Black Canyon and we cruised on up!
We pulled on into our campsite, and found this little guy hanging around.
Then we saw these signs, and were a little more cautious. haha
While we were getting comfortable, and planning out our day we started chatting with a fella that was setting up camp next to us. He informed us that he drove out from Denver to see the Canyon. I started to get excited, because while I had heard of Gunnison before.... I had no idea that this Canyon was anything remarkable. I told him that "apparently there is a canyon somewhere around here, but I have walked pretty far and haven't seen S$!t yet." He laughed with this little cackle that said he couldn't tell if I was kidding, or an idiot. It turned out to be the latter... I'm claiming ignorance, but it was pretty dumb for me to think it wouldn't be amazing... after all, it is a National Park in Colorado.
Here is the trail that led directly out of the back of our camp site. It was our own personal access to the canyon!
Flowers along the way
HOLY S$!T, IT'S HUGE
It proved to be very hard to get a picture of the sunset, but this is what we managed:
This was one of the most exciting days of the trip for me. There was no awesome off roading, but I found tons of joy in the surprise that the Black Canyon had for me. It was huge on a scale that I have never seen before (haven't been to the Grand Canyon). The sheer size of the cliffs amazed me, and the hiking was an absolute blast. I would not hesitate to go see it again.
We pulled on into our campsite, and found this little guy hanging around.
Then we saw these signs, and were a little more cautious. haha
While we were getting comfortable, and planning out our day we started chatting with a fella that was setting up camp next to us. He informed us that he drove out from Denver to see the Canyon. I started to get excited, because while I had heard of Gunnison before.... I had no idea that this Canyon was anything remarkable. I told him that "apparently there is a canyon somewhere around here, but I have walked pretty far and haven't seen S$!t yet." He laughed with this little cackle that said he couldn't tell if I was kidding, or an idiot. It turned out to be the latter... I'm claiming ignorance, but it was pretty dumb for me to think it wouldn't be amazing... after all, it is a National Park in Colorado.
Here is the trail that led directly out of the back of our camp site. It was our own personal access to the canyon!
Flowers along the way
HOLY S$!T, IT'S HUGE
It proved to be very hard to get a picture of the sunset, but this is what we managed:
This was one of the most exciting days of the trip for me. There was no awesome off roading, but I found tons of joy in the surprise that the Black Canyon had for me. It was huge on a scale that I have never seen before (haven't been to the Grand Canyon). The sheer size of the cliffs amazed me, and the hiking was an absolute blast. I would not hesitate to go see it again.