{"id":1591,"date":"2022-10-23T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2022-10-18T22:41:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T05:41:58","slug":"wonderland-trail-day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/index.php\/2022\/10\/23\/wonderland-trail-day-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderland Trail – Day 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paradise River to Nickel Creek, August 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good: waterfalls with narrow steep sides, reflection lake, Box Canyon, Sylvia Falls, Martha Falls. There was a bathroom with flush toilets and a sink!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our destination was Nickel Creek, a short way past Box Canyon, which is one of the potential trailheads for those starting on the Wonderland Trail. That means it has some facilities and parking. If I was going to bail because of my ankle, Box Canyon was my last chance. I decided that I could just take a little more naproxen and it’d be good despite being a little concerned about our upcoming 12 mile day. The day started cold but then warmed up so by the time we got to reflection lake I wanted to change my shirt. The problem is that it’s right by the main road and tourists kept walking up. I just tried to be quick about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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slot canyon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Box Canyon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Narada Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Aptly named Reflection Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rest Stop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The bad: Eroding, scary trails that crumbled beneath us. Toothbrush failure. I’m still lactose intolerant and apparently the cheese in the 4-cheese mashed potatoes is an issue. Someone opening a cooler at the parking lot asked if ‘anyone’ wanted snacks but didn’t mean us. And we wanted snacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Calamity! I was not expecting this to happen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crumbly trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The photo doesn’t really show how bad that section of trail was. Even my friends who were striding confidently across all those questionable bridges thought this was sketchy. 10.9 miles<\/p>\n\n\n

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Friendly NPC here to give us a quest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Box Canyon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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