Coyote and Peek-A-Boo Slot Canyons of Dry Fork Coyote Gulch, near Escalante Utah, in September 2011. And the Devil's Garden.

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The multi-agency Visitors Center on the outskirts of Escalante, and only a couple of blocks from the center of town.
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The back of Jim's car after driving 30 miles on the dirt Hole in the Rock Road
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We're headed down there, behind us. It doesn't look very exciting from up here, but just wait!
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Off we go!
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We had a lot of different kinds of terrain to cross on the way down to Dry Fork Coyote Gulch
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At the bottom, we start in the relatively wide Dry Fork narrows
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We only hiked along for about 5 minutes before turning back. We just wanted to get a taste before we got to the main event.
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Back in Coyote Gulch, headed for Spooky slot, the main event.
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Heading up the Spooky drainage...
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...and all of a sudden the canyon becomes very very narrow...
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...Jill looks a little apprehensive at this point...
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...now it's starting to get really narrow, but not as narrow as it will be!
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We broke into two groups because some had to get back quickly. This is the first group at the first real obstacle.
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