Yellow Rock

The second hike we did on Easter Sunday was the hike to "Yellow Rock".  This was kind of a difficult trail to find, since there is no marked trailhead for Yellow Rock.  Once you find the trail, however, it is quite easy to follow.  Easy to follow, but not easy to hike!  The first part of the hike was a very steep hill with tight switchbacks and the trail surface was a mixture of gravel, sand and very loose rock.  We had to be extremely careful and proceed up the trail very slowly.  One false move here and it's a long tumble to the bottom!  We were super glad we stuck it out and climbed the hill, though, as once we got to the top and Yellow Rock first came into view, we knew we were in for something special. 

First off, Yellow Rock is HUGE.  Basically, the rock is sort of a solid sandstone "mountain".  The dominant color of the rock is indeed yellow, but there were so many other colors as well.  We walked around part of the base of the rock and found many fascinating lines and colors all over the place.  This ended up being one of our favorite sights of the entire trip.  What made it even more fascinating was the fact that there were thunderstorms developing slowly in the distance all afternoon, so we had incredible clouds and light throughout our time at Yellow Rock.  We spent close to a couple of hours at the rock, then decided we better head back as the storm clouds were getting closer.  The hike down the steep hill was a bit more stressful than the hike up, but we made it just fine.