Utah RrrockS!
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 4:59 pm
Wow, phenomenal trip...33 days, mostly tent camping. We went to 6 national parks; Bryce, Zion and Grand Canyons, Arches, Colorado Natl Monument, and Rocky Mountain. We put 7-800 miles on the quads on National Forest Roads and trails and at Little Sahara SAND DUNES and The Piaute Trail. Plus I got in a VERY solid weekends' work in Iowa that'll allow me to pay for the trip!
We started planning this trip about 2 years ago, to go see the BIG ROCKS and ride the DUNES. We never really camped together before so this was a real adventure. Left Pensacola on June 17th and returned July 19. 6,200 miles and 548 gallons of gas (11.3 mpg, TUNDRA!) Took 1300 digital pics with 1033 good ones. I've pared them down to 55 for this trail tale though.
1st stop Joes valley resevoir about 2.5 hours from the dunes. After 4.5 days on the road together it was a little tense.
We're driving thru barren wasteland desert and i can tell Suz is near panic that she will be camping here. Then the road cuts up into a canyon and we finally come out at 7200 feet and a beautiful lakefront campground. You can ride to the trailheads from the campground and it was AWESOME.
We started planning this trip about 2 years ago, to go see the BIG ROCKS and ride the DUNES. We never really camped together before so this was a real adventure. Left Pensacola on June 17th and returned July 19. 6,200 miles and 548 gallons of gas (11.3 mpg, TUNDRA!) Took 1300 digital pics with 1033 good ones. I've pared them down to 55 for this trail tale though.
1st stop Joes valley resevoir about 2.5 hours from the dunes. After 4.5 days on the road together it was a little tense.
We're driving thru barren wasteland desert and i can tell Suz is near panic that she will be camping here. Then the road cuts up into a canyon and we finally come out at 7200 feet and a beautiful lakefront campground. You can ride to the trailheads from the campground and it was AWESOME.