This trip I had been meaning to do for some years, and this year I got my chance. Had my last night of work in Park City and two days later I was pushing off and going under the HWY 24 bridge at Hanksville. 8 days later I came out of a windstorm, dragged my duckie onto a pile of rocks below the Dirty Devil campsite, crawled into my sleeping bag and fell asleep. Did the shuttle the next day and headed off to Junction, getting ready for a visit home before the Grand Canyon.
Needless to say, despite all that was said and done, and all the journals I wrote, I have not yet had time to write a proper story about this amazing trip. This will suffice for now, and hopefully I will find more time this summer. Until then, the one thing I will say, is that you should not do this trip in 8 days. 8 days gets you covered for the paddling. But you need more than that to do the many hikes. 10 should be a minimum...
