We have done it all by now, but since we took the afternoon to rest yesterday, we figured we needed to do one last hike to complete our stay in Divisadero. When you have a chasm to the southeast there are not many choices. Yesterday we went southwest, so today we went northeast. It looked like the best way was to go around the cliff, but we are easily distracted and found a pretty creek and decided to follow it (rather than following the road as any reasonable person would do) and pretty soon we were going cross-country up a rocky slope. Raúl still needs to be careful with his ankle and my right knee is definitely complaining, but we are tough geologists who are refusing to accept we are more than 30 years old and eventually made it to the top of the plateau.
We walked a good kilometer on the plateau before coming to
the rim of the canyon, where once again we saw a glorious view of the chasm.
This mirador seemed to be unknown by the tourists, so we promptly
claimed it for ourselves. We built the big letters that all self-respecting pueblo
mágico or mirador needs to have, and we have now entered it in the list of official names as the RAUL Y
HORACIO landmark!
Our mirador is indeed unique because it wraps around a protrusion of the rim into the canyon, so every few meters one has a different and fascinating view of the canyon.
We could have gone back the long way we had used on the way in, but what would be the fun on that? Instead we decided to descend the face of the 80 meters cliff down to Terra Firma, sliding from ledge to ledge like Spider Man. It was a bit dicey, but if the Tarahumaras can do it so could we.
Needless to say we are both in need of serious rest before we renew our travels in the Chepe tomorrow, headed for Bahuichivo.
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