{"id":16694,"date":"2022-09-20T04:54:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T11:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=16694"},"modified":"2022-09-20T05:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T12:00:15","slug":"into-the-needles-the-slickrock-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=16694","title":{"rendered":"Into the Needles & the Slickrock trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Day three exploring Canyonlands National Park. Four a.m. finds me on the road to a much more remote section of the Park, The Needles. I get there before the sun rises, and so I pull off the road and watch a crow that is watching me while waiting for the landscape to lighten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once it does, I head out onto the Slickrock trail. Lonely and cold I was, casting long shadows out onto the desert landscape. The morning light was creating a moody atmosphere, one that I was thoroughly enjoying by myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was invigorating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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