David worked through the morning. But in the afternoon, we headed out to Goblin State Park ($20 entrance fee). The main feature of the park is Goblin Valley. There is no marked trail through the valley, you just wander through the Goblin shaped rocks (1.6 miles, 85ft of elevation gain, 1089 calories burned). 170 million years ago the valley was a tidal flat and layers of sand and clay built up over time and compressed. Some layers are harder than others. The wind, rain and freezing has sculpted the rocks into fanciful shapes. We spent a couple of hours wander amongst the Goblins amazed at the variety of shapes and sizes. We also scoped out where we needed to go for the slot canyons we want to hike later in the week.
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| Entrance Sign |
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| Goblins everywhere? |
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| ET is back! |
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| Leslie in the Goblins |
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