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We got a
leisurely start, knowing that today would be short and pretty easy.
We walked the 3/4 miles back down through the narrows to the large
pouroff that requires a bypass on creek-left. There was a
large cairn marking the start of the bypass. After a steep
climb of about 300 feet, we contoured down-canyon looking for a way
down. There were occasional ducks marking the way. The
route back down to the canyon bottom was also pretty steep and
loose.
Once down, we
began hiking down Vishnu, looking for a nice campsite. There
was water flowing intermittently the whole way. After about a
mile we found a nice campsite, where we dropped our packs and
continued down canyon looking for the cabin and the beginning of the
lower narrows. We soon found the cabin on creek-left, only a
few hundred yards above the beginning of the narrows. The
walls of the cabin were made of stone, but the walls had
deteriorated and were only a few feet high. But the chimney
was mostly intact. There were a few interesting old items
laying around (e.g., coffee pot), and the foundation of another
building a short distance away. I wish I had the photos.
Tonight I began
listening to a book from the Great Courses series titled
Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the
Modern World, by Robert Bucholz.
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