Taking the Road Less Traveled

Friday 3/24 Lazy day. Got up around 7:00 and did general cleanup, took out the trash and on the way back stopped to talk to some people looking for the WindWhistle Nature Walk. I had kinda looked yesterday but never found it. They showed back up in 10 minutes with the pamphlet for me. Nice.…

Thursday 3/23 This is a really nice spot. The campground sits at the base of a chain of slick rock. Decent facilities and up until this evening , just me. The weather is unsettled and that makes for a nice day to hike. Put on the boots, grabbed the pack and the 10 and away…

Wednesday 3/22 Up by 6:30, on the road with a cup of coffee by 7:00. You know me, not much grosses me out about poop. I didn’t take a picture of the toilet facilities at Onion Creek but it is a concrete pad with a normal outhouse seat. No roof, a L shape wooden enclosure…

Tuesday 3/21 I’m starting to settle in. My bike is ready, I put the bladder in my daypack(with water baby), sunglasses, camera, safety, binoculars,snacks and a hydro flask of cold water! I think the pictures say it better than I ever could. Rode up to a place called the Narrows then thru them. The road…

Monday 3/20 Woke early, had my coffee and hit the road. Congratulating myself on the early start but it seems busy. Found a nice market with a bike shop that had showers right next to it. WTF this town is early birdsville. The bike shop, other than the shower, doesn’t have what I want so…

Sunday 3/19 Zzzzzzz, lazy day. Took a bike ride this morning back out to where all the maps of the trails are posted. This area is mainly off-road vehicles, jeeps, pickups and a few mountain bikers. There was a fork when I came in so I rode my bike out it. Real sandy, hard to…

Saturday 3/18 Went to bed last night thinking I would stay at Capital Reef another couple of nights. There are a lot of nice hikes and drives and I could easily stay two days. But my scotch blood kept sayin’ there are better places for free! There are a lot of Back Country Byways in…

Friday, 3/17 Lazy day of organizing, shorts walks and a quest to check in. Capital Reef NP campground is situated in old time orchards in “Fruita”. The Fremont River runs thru it and there are 3-4 nice walks/ hikes that start from the campground. I started walking to the Visitor Center to get some post…

Thursday No shower this morning! Decided to head out and start heading towards Moab. Of course that means 30 some miles out. Beautiful morning, low 60s, it will take a couple of hours to get back to pavement. I haven’t checked in, as you already know, for a few days. I have a new phone…

Wednesday A hot shower, in the morning, after crapping in a sit down toilet, it’s the simple things in life. I got wood, I got water, I need some groceries, fuel up and ready to hit the “Hole in the Rock” #3 gravel road. 56 miles in, ah, 56 miles OUT. Nice wide road, dry…