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 …
Just up the highway from Vernal, Utah is a trail network called Red Fleet Trails. These trails are right outside Red Fleet State Park so you don’t have to pay to ride them. There are a few trailheads to access the network from but we started from the main one. About 22 miles of trails …
Today was our second day in Dinosaur National Monument after visiting the eastern part yesterday and writing about it here. This time we visited the quarry and hiked The Sound of Silence Trail. Quarry First up, we hiked from the entrance gate to the Dinosaur Quarry to check out all the dinosaur bones. Paleontologist Earl …