Category Archives: Utah

The Wasatch

      This was the view of a Wasatch peak from our rv site last night!  We stayed in Brigham UT in the “Fruit Basket.”  The agricultural area was filled with beautiful flowering orchards: apple, cherry, peach and apricot.  We are headed … Continue reading

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Descent into Spring Canyon

  This is the narrow shelf road that Brad drove down the canyon wall into tourist forgotten Spring Canyon.  Notice the rock overhang in the background.  They actually blasted this road into the steep canyon walls!  He is parked in … Continue reading

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How will your tombstone read?

 We drove by Tombstone Rock on our back country drive to Spring Canyon.  This formation was immense.  It could be seen as a landmark from many miles away across the desert valley.  The road ended at picturesque point on the … Continue reading

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Re-run Long Canyon

  We took a nostalgic drive through appropriately named Pucker Pass and Long Canyon.  It was my first jeeping experience last spring in Moab.  Yes, this is a huge boulder that fell from the canyon wall above and we drove under … Continue reading

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Crossing Gemini Bridges

  Brad drove the jeep out the Gemini Bridges trail in Moab.  This is the section just before the two rock bridges.  He was having fun!  You can see pics of wildlife along the way on my current pics in … Continue reading

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Back Dooring

      This is the backdoor into Canyonlands NP via the Shafer Trail.  It is a scenic drive from along the Colorado River up into the canyons.  It has a series of hair-raising, white knuckle switchbacks up the steep canyon wall.   Click … Continue reading

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