The day started early as we left the hotel to go to Crack Canyon, the second of the slot canyons on our tour. After another ride over a pretty bumpy road we arrived at the trailhead. The hike in was the most challenging of the trip, and while in actuality it wasn’t that far, there was lots of up and down. It took us about 45 min to get into the start of the canyon. It was again a beautiful area, and the canyon itself was a bit wider that the previous day’s Leprechaun Canyon, and as we worked our way in, the geology changed along the way offering lots of interesting photographic opportunities. In particular, the walls had lots of variety of texture including different patterns of nooks and crannies, and the models seemed fearless climbing up and using them in posing, around them and in them. I again had an opportunity to shoot a while with Dasha and got some nice shots. 
We were also able to work with the models as a group getting some very cool shots as they climbed up into the patterned rocks. Shooting for a couple of hours takes some energy, and we had worked our way a ways into the canyon, so when time came to leave it was a bit of a slog getting back to the van, particularly as it has started to warm up quite a bit.
We headed back to Green River to have lunch in a restaurant there and grab some take-out to have later for dinner. Mid-afternoon, we left again for the San Rafael Swell and our next shooting location. Along the way (I think we were traveling the Buckhorn Draw), we saw a nice prairie setting with some dramatic clouds before a storm, so we all got out and did some shooting. A little further along the road we came upon the Buckhorn Wash Pictograph Panel, a site that contained some ancient pictographs thought to be created by the Barrier Canyon Culture as long as 2000 years or more older. We made a quick stop to look and take some pictures, then we headed to our final shooting destination, the Wedge Overlook. This was another beautiful vista overlooking a valley, known as “the Little Grand Canyon” of the San Rafael River. Before we could get out of the van, we got a bit of an afternoon shower so we hung tight for a bit. After the rain ended we got out, and the models braved the cold wet ground to crawl around and pose on rocks. 
This site was similar to the previous evening, but provided some variety landscape along the edge and some ability to climb down a bit to get some different perspectives. This also helped as there were more folks around here which made shooting with nude models a little more challenging. I got some really interesting shots including some of Kate Snig posing up in the branches of a dead tree right on the edge of the cliff. I was also able to get some nice shots after the sun set during the blue hour.
After shooting, we had our dinner there on a picnic table, but we didn’t hang around too long as it was dark and getting a bit cold. We then headed back to Green River and the hotel, arriving fairly late. All in all a very fun, but tiring day.