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Monday, January 3, 2022 Hike #2 of 2022.  6.0 miles / 10.5 miles YTD The destination of today's hike was the Elephant Arch.  The first part of the trail was a little boring because it really just went along a packed sand road but eventually it joined into the Bone Wash Trail and then the trail became more interesting.  The sand became more loose and a little deeper and the trail wound through a lot of rock formations.     In order to get to the Elephant Arch, you have to leave the Bone Wash Trail and take a side trail to the arch.  There is a bit of an uphill hike at the beginning of that side trail and the sand becomes deeper and the trail narrows.  I had seen photos of the Elephant Arch but the photos didn't have people or objects in them for scale.  It really was a lot bigger than I was anticipating.  It doesn't necessarily stand out immediately because there are tall rock walls and other formations all around it.  But once you s...

Sunday, January 2, 2022 Hike #1 of 2022.  4.5 miles / 4.5 miles YTD Our first hike of 2022 was Hellhole/Kayenta Canyon.  I selected this trail from the never-ending list of options that we have available to us specifically because of the name "Kayenta".  We had recently visited the Dinosaur Discovery Site Museum and learned that "kayenta" has a historical and geographical signifiance so that intrigued me. The trail to the canyon was relatively easy (although, there are no markers along the way so we got off the trail almost immediately but were able to get back over to it using AllTrails).  As with the majority of the trails in this area, the trail surface is primarily sand.  However, Summit loves sand so it makes the extra effort worth it to us since she enjoys it so much! This specific trail ends once you get down to the canyon.  However, once we reached the end of the trail, we went a littler farther in and over to explore the wash and get over to the fr...