Day 61, Monday, March 13, 2006 Another 6 am departure to explore the massive Kings Canyon allowing most of the 4 hour walk to be done prior to the heat of the day. Luckily a huge rainstorm overnight cooled things down and an overcast sky until well past noon kept us from being fried. The canyon is largely weathered sandstone but has some recent fractures that are smooth vertical walls. The rain had produced some magnificent waterfalls and fast moving streams that seldom occur here. At the end of the trek we had to ford a stream that had overflowed the path up to our knees. Seven of our group are from France and they posed for a photo which the guide was preparing to take. Just before taking the picture he called out, “fromage”. The drive to Glen Helen is 260 kilometers of red dirt road, or as we call it in Canada, “washboard”. It was a bone rattling experience. Glen Helen boasts a restaurant and bar, which we all headed for after supper to cool down. Not long into the evening a small boa slithered into the bar. The guide entertained us by allowing it to crawl around his neck and down his back. There must be a punch line for a snake wandering into a bar. If you have one, please let me know.
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