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From: George.Anthony <ganthony@gmail.net>
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Subject: Re: Utah Day 2
Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 17:37:02 -0000 (UTC)
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sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
> Following our plan of hiking one day and off-roading the next, we headed 
> toward Escalante, Utah to drive the Hole In The Rock Trail and see Lake 
> Powell at the southern end in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National 
> Monument.  This is almost entirely BLM land and is a nice way to spend 
> the day.  You get the feeling of the vastness of the area when going 
> thru it.  It just feels big.
> 
> <https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ltfyk0wfvn4vgf0ca1m7c/Views1.JPG?rlkey=11g4svo5fbiwlkh2aw0gbqoal&dl=0>
> 
> <https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/annjlf8afn6w4y61v8qft/Views2.JPG?rlkey=rxkh2x1mtl55vxsj380oqg2cn&dl=0>
> 
> Though quite a famous trail or road if you will, it is not a very 
> technical off-road route, with the possible exception of the last 10 
> miles or so.  This road can be done in most pickups, 4x4 when it gets 
> wet is needed as it all turns to a muddy mess.  It turned out to be a 
> great place to let the wife try her hand behind the wheel off-roading. 
> I drove out and let her drive back.  So she got her first 58 miles 
> driving her Bronco on something other than pavement.  She scared the 
> hell out of me, to be honest.

Hah! BTDT.

> 
> <https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/llnrz1ily5ulwvo2bqnn4/Hole1.JPG?rlkey=vogp9brkhw7nykibsxbp82ft8&dl=0>
> 
> <https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sqeor37sd4uva1cltctgn/Hole2.JPG?rlkey=cjwea08hdj0tvtgwvze0xkmd3&dl=0>
> 
> <https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dt5eueampzlsn30sli6zb/Hole-In-The-Rock-Track.jpg?rlkey=3ars9117fqokuppk10sz6cnc8&dl=0>
> 
> This road was built by the Mormons and they actually carved this 
> existing narrow hole in the rock opening they found and traversed 
> carriages down to the bottom.  The road portion ends here, but you can 
> hike the trail that eventually ends in Bluff, Utah where we stayed for 
> the second part of this trip.
> 
> One thing we saw that bothered us was a van parked out in an area which 
> we figured its occupants must be hiking.  The window was knocked out 
> just behind the drivers door and you had to wonder if someone had broken 
> it to get in and steal things.  We did see a couple boon-dockers at the 
> beginning of the trail, but after a few miles it was only cattle.  Not 
> many, just a few here and there.
> 
> <https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/l2pnrakq57llb8ubilfu8/VanWithBrokenWindow.JPG?rlkey=g5kcr99s39nxtqa2bfmvschrv&dl=0>
> 
> All in all, it was nice to have a relaxing day that ended early enough 
> for a steak on the grill, campfire, and a good nights rest.  I would 
> need that as we had a much harder hike planned for the next day.
> 
>