10ofRods
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Wow. Thanks. Looks different than I'd imagined.
Easy to become lost.
Eta: What has not been shown is where RT took the photos and the actual path back to the RV.
Was it different-looking than this photo ?
Was it easier to navigate and flatter ?
I want to know where RT was standing and doing the photo-taking and the path in the sand/dirt she'd be walking on.
We don't know that (I wish we did). But, if you look at the trail from above, you can see there are a couple of spur trails on the way back from the rock formations (so not actually at those formations, but leading to some smaller formations in the creek bed). Presumably, if they were 5-10 minutes from their RV (per RT), that's where they parted. She would have had to be very very lost and completely turned around to head back to the main rock formations.
In fact, if we assume this is a normal couple who isn't trying to kill one another, it would have been a completely normal thing to do. No major hazards, almost no chance of venomous snakes, just the RV practically within sight of them, 5-10 minutes away. Scrub brush around them, a curve in the trail, but with the RV within easy reach.
Thing is, I don't trust anyone's estimation of time in situations like this. Did she wait by the RV for 30 minutes? If so, then of course he's worried about abduction (rare as it is).