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 …
Our drive from Green River, WY to our new spot for a couple weeks in Cache National Forest was only a couple hours and we got to see a part of Utah we have not been to before. We took a chance after spotting what looked like some boondocking spots by some trails we planned …
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 …