Looking at our map of Arizona and seeing all the places we have visited there we can’t help but occasionally glance one state up and see the vast amounts of public lands to explore in Utah and think that we have visited none of it. We aimed to rectify that omission. Once some new equipment …
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On our way to explore the Dome Plateau off road trail outside of Moab, Utah we saw this old, substantially destroyed bridge and decided to go take a look. We drove to both ends of the bridge and explored a bit. The south side of the bridge is accessed by turning right off the highway …
When we arrived in the town of Moab and went looking for a place to camp our first attempt was aborted by rain and our subsequent decision to go explore the Shafer Trail instead of setting up camp in a timely fashion. When we finished that adventure and drove away from the Island In The …
On our arrival to the city of Moab we made a couple of quick stops to fill up on gas and some supplies and went to find a place to camp outside the city limits so as to steer clear of crowds and traffic…this is Moab after all. Our first attempt, called Camp Sunset, was suggested …
Driving away from Valley of the Gods we knew we were going to head in the general direction of Moab. Why? Because our Tacoma is made for such terrain and adventures and we’ve seen stunning and amazing pictures of some of the overlanding that can be experienced there and so…Moab here we come. On the way …
On our way to Valley of the Gods we passed through the little hamlet of Mexican Hat, Utah, population 31. After a quick stop for gas we continued on up Highway 163. A few miles out of town we came across a sign on the right side of the road mentioning the actual Mexican Hat …
Driving away from the Valley of the Gods we were heading up Hwy 163 through Bluff, Utah where it changed into Hwy 191 and continued North. Nine miles North of town we saw another of those always intriguing brown sign with white lettering pointing the way to Hovenweep National Monument. With what we thought sounded …
We were heading to Monument Valley as some of the pictures we have seen of it are simply stunning. When we arrived at the Navajo Nation office though the vibe just didn’t do it for us. Too many people. Too much pressure to buy “authentic Navajo art.” Pressure to hire a “guide” to take us …
We headed away from Grosvenor Arch at about 2pm and so still had 6+ hours of daylight left to go find something pretty and interesting. We had seen pictures before of the stunning and iconic Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River just South of Lake Powell, saw that it was not that far away from …
Driving away from our great time exploring the Willis Creek Slot Canyon we turned Southeast on Cottonwood Canyon Road just to head “thataway” and see what we might find. A little more than 4 miles later we came to the turnoff to Kodachrome Basin State Park. We initially turn up that road and then quickly …