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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Jill climbs through the hole in the rockfall
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Spooky starts to open up after clearing the rockfall
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The top end of Spooky slot canyon empties into a sand wash.
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Heading up the sand wash to get to the point where we cross over to Peek-A-Boo slot canyon
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The first group crosses over to Peek-A-Boo
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We got to Peek-A-Boo several hundred yards upstream of where it really narrows down. This view is looking upstream
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The first group enters Peek-A-Boo
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We've gotten to the part where it starts to get deeper and narrower
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We got to some other people negotiating their way around a muddy hole. This woman chose to go over and around it.
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On the other hand, we took the direct route, through the mud.
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If you were careful, you could step where the mud had been pushed aside by previous hikers, and not get your shoes all muddy.
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This was the second mud hole. The log in the middle was our saviour!
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Jumping over the last mud hole. You can't see the mud below, but it was really messy!
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Also jumping over the mud
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Uphill of the mud, I can see the first group disappear out of the slot into Coyote Gulch
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Returning to the second group, still in Spooky canyon at this point...
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Waverly works her way around and up the first obstacle.
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Passing the pack up
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Looks like a real tight squeeze!
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Now it's Jim's turn
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