It got extremely windy last night as a cold front pushed through the mountains and out onto the plains. The wind shredded the rain fly of the tent and I ended up sleeping (sort of) in the car. This morning the winds were calm and so I packed up and headed over to Vogel Canyon as the sun rose.
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| Stone ruins I passed on the drive to Vogel Canyon. |
From the ruins the trail dropped down into the canyon and soon a side trail lead to the canyon walls and some of the rock art that the canyon is famous for.
From the rock art panels, I dropped back down to the middle of the canyon and followed what I thought was the trail for a bit. I somehow got a little off track before finding my way back to the trail to complete the loop. In a few areas there were pools of water; spring fed I believe.
The trail continued along the bottom of the canyon for a bit. It was relatively level hiking.
Near a second set of ruins, a stagecoach station I believe, the trail starts to climb out of the canyon.
I made my way back towards the start of the trail and then headed out on the short overlook spur.
Near the end of the overlook spur, I found another trail which I followed past some interesting rock formations.
This trail led back down into the canyon where it joined with the first section of trail I had used to descend into the canyon. I took the trail in the opposite direction, ascending back to the parking lot to finish up my Vogel Canyon adventure.
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