Day 2

Always been a tad nervous driving into remote areas with bad forecasts. The idea of being stuck for a few days isn't so bad. It is the loss of options, that bothers me. I had driven in 12 miles on the Roost Road to the Flattops. Snugly positioned behind the south one, on its eastern side, the substantial wind could sometimes be heard, but never felt and the dash to pavement, not too long, if the skies let loose. Heck, its early on December 28th and I am worried about rain? Snow, OK! But rain? Ryan comes. In the AM, he goes for a walk to confirm that wind is still out there. It sleets a little. It hails a little. What's next? Thunderstorms? Tom pulls on up. The options are tossed. Tom is great. He is willing to roll the weather dice a bit more than I. He has a project in the North Fork of Robbers Roost (NF of RR). His undiscovered fork, as it were. So deeper into Roost we travel. Spot cars down roads that are barely roads. We consider that if weather turns bad, all 3 cars will be stranded, in different places and that we would have healthy hikes to our respective gear and solo car camping experiences, for who knew how long. Added some spice.

Another gloomy morning in the desert. Photo: Ryan Cornia

Hey! There's a canyon over here. Not much of one...

The canyon had a couple of raps and some nice narrows, but like many a Roost canyon, the fun was over almost as soon as it began. We discussed various names for this mild canyon. Though Canyon 20,001 was high on the list, Tom went with "The Ho-Hum Fork of the North Fork of Robbers Roost Canyon".

Really nice narrows in upper Ho Hum.

An arch in upper Ho Hum. Bonus!!

Tom dropping from a slot. Photo: Ryan Cornia

Ryan dropping into a slot.

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