Day 3: Tuesday May 27 - Black Canyon National Park - South Rim

Headed to Black Canyon for day of hiking and sight seeing. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is named for the dark appearance of its canyon walls, which are often shrouded in shadow and appear black due to the steepness and narrowness of the canyon.

On one of our hikes, the person in front of us warned us of a snake on the trail. Margie's reaction: Oh Boy! It turned out to be a non poisonous bull snake.

This looks like a chipmunk but it's really a squirrel. His stripes don't go past its ears.

Variety of flowers in the canyon.

Lots of beautiful views

Had a picnic lunch at the end of the East Portal Road. It was a six mile continuous down hill. 

East Portal Road. Steepest road in Colorado at 16%.

Other views from various look outs.

One of the curvy points on the road.

Margie hiked the Werner Point Trail from the high point view point. It was about 1.5 miles out and back with about a 500 foot difference in elevation. I went about halfway.

Ended the day at Sunset View and then some star gazing.

Stargazing. Sliver of the moon and Venus rising.