“You are here to cleanse your mind….” said the older brother to his obviously grumpy younger sister! Oh the things you overhear on the trail. But I like the sentiment. “I’ve never been more okie dokier” was the response from one older dude when I asked how things were going?

The hike today was another six mile hike out to a beautiful waterfall. This brings our total hiking distance for the week to just over 30 miles. We have seen a lot of great scenery.

We arrived at the waterfall, and just had to sit around and enjoy the view and the mostly peaceful surroundings. It was also a great chance to empty the sand out of our shoes and socks. The trail is about 30% sandy and the sand is so fine it just gets into the shoes and even through the socks!

After we completed the hike, and once again emptied our sandy socks we headed back to the Kiva Coffeehouse (the best coffee in Utah). It has an amazing view of the canyon.

I didn’t need any afternoon coffee, but it was pretty tasty. We had an early dinner reservation at Hell’s backbone Grill and Farm. But we still had plenty of time before dinner. So we headed toward the restaurant in Boulder, but stopped at an overlook where we could see the top of the falls.

We stopped for a pre-dinner drink next door to the restaurant at the Burr Trail Grill. We ate there a couple of years ago after driving the Burr trail.

For dinner we split some Queso Fundido, Lollipop Chicken, and Enchiladas. Everything was delicious and local and a bit unique. I had to buy a couple of spices, especially after talking with one of the servers about their “We believe” sign (Science is Real). And they order spices from Penzey’s.

Now we are back at the camper, the wind is gusting to 30 and it just rained for a few minutes, so no campfire tonight. We have five more nights before we are back home, so the pace will begin to pick up tomorrow.