From camp we hiked down to Spawn Creek Trailhead and then up Spawn Creek trail into the canyon for a couple miles. Overall our hike was around 6 miles and astonishingly we didn’t see anyone!!!!! Spawn Creek Trail heads uphill gently through grassy meadows with the creek on one side and forest on the other. …
Wind Cave Hike is a short hike at 4 miles with 1007 feet of climbing, but well worth it for the views. This is a very popular hike in the area and even on a weekday morning we encountered a handful of groups and then at the very end, hordes of kids that I assume …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
We put our National Park Pass to use again and visited the Colorado side of Dinosaur National Monument. Dinosaur National Monument is definitely one of the lesser visited Monuments. We started by driving out Harpers Canyon. There are multiple viewpoints along this road with short hikes and we stopped at almost all of them to …
Our last hike in Goblin Valley was through Crack Canyon. This canyon is in the southern part of the San Rafael Swell and requires a short drive down Behind the Reef Road. It’s a 4wd road but nothing too gnarly. I saw some sedans driving it. The hike is relatively short at just almost 5 …
Little Wild Horse and Bell Canyon is probably the most popular hike in the Goblin Valley because it features a pretty easy to get to slot canyon that doesn’t require much technical skill. We set our alarm and got up early for this so we wouldn’t have to share it with other hikers. The hike …