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 …
Vernal, Utah in NE Utah has quietly been attracting more mountain bikers in the last decade. Derek and I stopped here back in 2015 on our way back to Bend from Steamboat Springs, CO. I think we only spent one night and one day riding here back then. This time we are here for the …
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 …
We already posted about the mountain bike trails in Goblin Valley State Park, which unfortunately are the only real mountain bike trails nearby. There are a lot of off-road (OHV) routes around here that are popular with the jeep and side-by-side crowd. So I decided to get out and explore some of these roads to …
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 …
Our second day in Goblin Valley State Park we checked out the mountain bike trails. There are 5 loops, all pretty easy but scenic. Derek put together a ride involving all of them, even doubling up and rode 12 miles. This isn’t a destination for mountain biking, more like something to do if you are …
I bet most people haven’t heard of Goblin Valley State Park in Utah but it’s worth a stop if you’re in the area of Hanksville. The entry fee of $20 gets you two days in the park and it isn’t very big so that’s enough to see a lot. Goblin Valley State Park is a …
After spending a couple weeks in Capitol Reef National Park we moved to a new boondocking spot outside Goblin Valley State Park by Hanksville, Utah. Our new spot is nice and private tucked into a little alcove surrounded by rocks. Since we didn’t move very far we had time in the afternoon to get a …
You never know what you’re going to get. That’s why it’s called an adventure. Going into it, Sulphur Creek hike was a bit of an unknown. We read reports that some of the waterfalls were impassable unless you scrambled way up and around cliffsides. What the hell, let’s check it out. Our hike started across …
This post is kind of a mash up of some miscellaneous things we saw and did. Wandering around in red rock country is easy. Down the road from our boondocking spot we noticed some cool looking canyons so one day we set out to explore them. We hiked around for about 5 miles to get …