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I decide to follow a U-shaped route from here down the wash and around the hills to get to the road leading up Idora Mine Canyon

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06572-wash.jpg The slot canyon is intense, but doesn't continue very far before connecting to a broader wash aboveThumbnailsAfter a bit of walking northwest across the fan, my "U" route is complete and I'm hiking east toward Idora Mine CanyonThe slot canyon is intense, but doesn't continue very far before connecting to a broader wash aboveThumbnailsAfter a bit of walking northwest across the fan, my "U" route is complete and I'm hiking east toward Idora Mine CanyonThe slot canyon is intense, but doesn't continue very far before connecting to a broader wash aboveThumbnailsAfter a bit of walking northwest across the fan, my "U" route is complete and I'm hiking east toward Idora Mine CanyonThe slot canyon is intense, but doesn't continue very far before connecting to a broader wash aboveThumbnailsAfter a bit of walking northwest across the fan, my "U" route is complete and I'm hiking east toward Idora Mine CanyonThe slot canyon is intense, but doesn't continue very far before connecting to a broader wash aboveThumbnailsAfter a bit of walking northwest across the fan, my "U" route is complete and I'm hiking east toward Idora Mine Canyon

If I continue straight down the fan toward Cowhole Mountain, instead of doing a U route, I'd arrive at my campsite. However, with 2.5 hours of daylight left, I'm not ready to return to camp just yet!