That sounds like it and it may well be possible that the trail was washed out in a storm since I was last there. I've never been up there in a storm, but I would imagine huge amounts of water come sliding off the slabs and there certainly are that a lot of material flows through there when the water is running.
The trail can become braided in a few spots with spurs that go nowhere. Once you get through those sandy slopes, there's only one more place you can get lost. Still, it's not like hiking the Falls Trail of course.
I've had a lifelong fear of rattlers despite growing up hundred of miles from the nearest one, so I was surprised that I wasn't more afraid when I almost stepped on that one.
Again, sounds right
That sounds like it and it may well be possible that the trail was washed out in a storm since I was last there. I've never been up there in a storm, but I would imagine huge amounts of water come sliding off the slabs and there certainly are that a lot of material flows through there when the water is running.
The trail can become braided in a few spots with spurs that go nowhere. Once you get through those sandy slopes, there's only one more place you can get lost. Still, it's not like hiking the Falls Trail of course.
I've had a lifelong fear of rattlers despite growing up hundred of miles from the nearest one, so I was surprised that I wasn't more afraid when I almost stepped on that one.