Leslie, Bill and David decided to explore closer to home today. Within Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument (BLM), there is a trail right off US89, about 45 miles east of Kanab. The trail is Toadstools Hoodoos (2.2 miles, 161 feet of elevation gain, 723 calories burned). Being close to a main road and relatively short, it is a popular trail. The trail runs up a dry wash to a set of rock formations where erosion has left tall pillars of soft rock protected on the top by a harder layer of rock. With the harder cap of rock and the lean pillars of softer rock, they look like toadstools. We spent an hour exploring around the toadstools before hiking back out to the Behemoth. There was very little shade and even though the temperatures were mild (83 degrees), we still got pretty warm in the unrelenting sun.
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