Tag: Utah
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To Utah, or not to Utah: that is the question
I recently was asked “If I’m driving through Utah, what should I see while I’m there?”. A few decades ago, my impression of Utah – having never been there – was that it was dirt, rocks, abandoned uranium mines, a smelly salty lake and tee-totaling Mormons – none of which were interesting to me. That…
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Mouse 6, Mike 0
We’re out in the desert. There’s nobody around. It’s 2am, totally dark, and I hear noises outside the camper. What the heck? There are no racoons or large carnivores near here. Deer, cattle and antelope don’t rustle. I peek out the window (nothing but blackness) open the cargo door (nothing but blackness) and go back…
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Buckhorn Draw
We’re camping at the San Rafael Bridge BLM Campground in Buckhorn Draw, in the northern part of the San Rafael Swell. The draw starts near the Wedge Overlook and drops down through a canyon toward the south. The scenery in the Draw is fantastic. It reminds us of the area around Capitol Reef National Park.…
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Old Bones and Crowded Overlooks
Today’s adventure started with a trip to the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in the Jurrasic National Monument. The quarry is the site of the densest collection of Jurrasic dinosaur bones ever found. Fossils and replicas are on display in the visitors center and the dig site. There were only a handful of visitors when we were…
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The Scenic Beauty of Nine-Mile Canyon
Here you go: 😂 We heard that Nine-Mile canyon was worth the drive. It was roughly on the route from Dinosaur National Monument down to Huntington, so we decided to check out the canyon on our way south and west. It’s notable for the thousand-year-old petroglyphs and rock art left by the Fremont and Ute…
Michael Janke 