[Mile-marker 24]
One day when my family and I were approaching the culvert from the west,
we heard a roar like an express train. Looking to the south we saw that
a severe thundershower was occurring on the headwaters in Glade Park, so
we raced ahead and parked east of the culvert just in time to see and
hear a 4-foot wall of red water come roaring down the tributary, rolling
boulders along as if they were basketballs. Unfortunately, we had no
time to ready or use a camera, so we simply raced down the road
embankment and through the trees and brush to the north in time to see
the flood plunge eastward over a 350-foot cliff of the Wingate Sandstone
to the canyon below. This illustrates the need for caution when
following or crossing “dry” washes in the desert in stormy weather or
when there are storms in the distance.