Today's adventure started much like the day before with a not quite so early wakeup so we could be on our walk before 9 am. The initial climb at Kings Canyon took us up about 1000 ft with a 60 degree incline walk up stone steps (thank goodness there were several resting spots to take a breath on the way up.....) The views from the top and around the rim were fantastic; breathtaking if you got too close to the edge! Being our second 7 km hike in 2 days, it kind of wiped Hedy and me out, but we made it down to the Garden of Eden (over wooden steps and platforms) and back up again, and then down again to the bus! After lunch we started down our first 4 WD "offroad" (very offroad) adventure over red dirt, sand, ruts and bumps, to our daily wood gathering expedition (we would find it, drag it to the bus, throw it up to Brad who would tie it on top! This was the end of the trip for 3 of our companions who had only chosen the 3 day adventure, not the 5, and we were all sad to see them leave...and they missed seeing the camels! After dropping them off for their pickup and return to Alice Springs we spotted our first camels. There were 11 of them in all sizes and colors as we continued on to Oak Valley Campground, home of Brad's aboriginal friend Craig, where there were hot showers and flush toilets waiting....yeah!!! It was very dark by the time we got there but it afforded us the opportunity to learn more about the Southern Night Sky from Craig and Brad.
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