Today after homeschooling we hiked down Coyote Wash towards Buckskin Gulch:

Coyote Wash soon becomes a slot canyon:

We had to walk down this log to get down from a dry waterfall:

The canyon opened up into a wide space with amazingly high walls where Coyote Wash dumps into Buckskin Gulch:

Looking back up Coyote Wash:

I get the impression someone has been here before:

We headed upstream into Buckskin Gulch.  Even though it hasn’t rained in over a week, there’s mud and even standing water in the canyon:

After walking up the upstream side of the Gulch, we headed into the downstream section:

High adventure!

We finally reached a wall-to-wall pool that was too deep to cross:

The kids tried to build a rock path through the pool, but it must be pretty deep because large boulders were disappearing beneath the surface:

The stump lodged in the canyon above gives some idea of the water height during a flash flood:

We returned to the junction with Coyote Wash, then headed back up Coyote Wash and climbed out onto the rim.  From that vantage, we could see down into the slot:

From there, we hiked South towards The Teepees.  The landscape was amazing:

We hiked up a dry wash that feeds into Coyote Wash.  The water has carved out a series of deep bowls beneath each drop in the sandstone:

We decided to stop when we reached a valley.  The Wave is in the upper right, and The Teepees are on the horizon:

The hike back to the RV was great.  We skirted the Coyote Buttes North area as we don’t have a permit for that area.

We had a great hike!  We will be leaving our dispersed camping location tomorrow: