The other day we rode a bunch of trails in the WIlkins Peak Trail System and today we were across the river riding a couple new ones. We started down by the river and rode the Greenbelt trail out to the singeltrack. The Green River Greenbelt in total is 12 miles of paved trail that …
Derek and I completed a self guided walking tour of Rock Springs, Wyoming one morning. The tour starts at the very impressive Historical Museum building, a Richardsonian Romanesque architecture masterpiece. The museum is free and worth checking out. We picked up a brochure for the tour after exploring the museum and off we went. Union …
We ducked out of Utah for a while and are just across the border in Green River, Wyoming. Our new primitive spot sits up above town at about 7200′ and is nice and quiet. Our last couple weeks were up in the Ashley National Forest among trees but there aren’t any up here. Green River …
Swett Ranch Loop Swett Ranch Loop hike was a quick morning hike before the forecasted storm hit. The loop can be ridden or even skied in the winter. This 6 mile hike was a pretty walk through the forest and around meadows past the historic Swett Ranch. Swett Ranch is on the National Register of …
Our plan was to ride the Sheep Canyon scenic loop but it was a little chilly so we decided to drive it and mountain bike later in the day. Sheep Canyon is a 10 mile mostly paved loop with some great scenery along the way. From camp we drove out 44 and stopped at a …
Flaming Gorge Dam Flaming Gorge Dam stands at 455 feet high and was completed in 1964. The dam was dedicated by former First Lady Mrs. Lyndon B. “Ladybird” Johnson. Water is released from the reservoir into the pwerplant where the water turns turbines which then turn a generator rotor to produce electricity. The power plant …
It rained really hard last night and the wind was whipping pretty fiercely. It’s always a crap shoot on which direction to have the trailer facing. If we guess wrong, then in wind storms we might get all the wind blasting the side of the trailer which can make for a rocking motion with the …
Without much information we crossed our fingers and set out on mountain bikes to ride the Highline Trail from our camping spot. The Highline Trail in its entirety is 101.6 miles and the section near us showed black diamond for atv’s, and mountain bikes so we figures what the heck? The trail starts in an …
We’re back in the forest! Our new boondocking spot for the next couple weeks is high up in Ashley National Forest in the Uinta Mountains just south of Flaming Gorge. Fun fact: The Uinta Mountains are one of the few major ranges in the contiguous states with an east west orientation. We are surrounded by …
Even though we are camped right on a trail network, we still spent a few days riding other trails around Vernal. The other day we rode the trails out at Red Fleet and I blogged about it here. This time we drove over to what seemed like an unlikely place for trails to be and …