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Hurrah Pass. Try as I
might I could not find any of the petroglyph's that are
supposed to abound on this road. |
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White Rim Road. Just
getting ready to go over Hardscrabble Hill. I liked this
one. A tight turn in some soft powdery sand made it
exciting. |
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White Rim Road again.
Totem pole. Wonder how it got that name eh? |
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Bowtie Arch. Good short
hike to get to this. Notice the people in the pic? |
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Determination Towers.
Notice my KLR in the bottom left? Check out that sky too!
That was typical for the 5 days I was there. |
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Get up ya lazy bastard!
Seriously though, I turned around at this point. This was
at the other end of the Poison Spider Mesa Trail, called
the Golden Spike Jeep Trail at this point. What I was
looking at when I fell down was just ahead of me, a BIG
drop that I knew I wouldn't get out of without some
serious ramp building if I had to turn back. The monster
trucks (below) had already been through here. I just
followed their tracks out back to the highway. Lunchtime. |
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Snow in the desert??? Yup!
About 10,500' and in the shade. Kinda surprised me as I
wasn't expecting snow when 1/2 hour earlier I was
sweltering in the heat. |
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Rose Garden Hill. It's
much steeper than it looks! I actually got a good way up
it before common sense told me to turn around. I don't
need to tell you that trying something like this riding
solo is not a sensible thing to do, especially on a KLR.
And don't ask me how I got the KLR turned around without
a scratch either! |
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Round Mountain as viewed
fromt he Porcupine Rim Trail. I'm terrified of ledges and
I was shaking like a shakey-thing when I took this pic. |
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Ummm, I forgot where I was
when I took this. But just look at it! Look at it!!! Fred (Arrowhead Motorsports,
everything Moab) has since told me this is just below
Castle Rock and the Priest and the Nuns in Castle Valley.
Thanks!
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White Rim again. Just
coming down from Murphy's Hogback. |
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Monster trucks going to
conquer the Poison Spider Mesa trail. I was on my way
back down since I could go no further (see below several
pics). Fun nonetheless! |
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White Rim looking down to
the Green River. Shaking like a leaf again taking this
pic. I'll be down on that dirt road in just a few
minutes. Fun! |
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Castle Rock area. Small
riding area I 'found' by just exploring. Small but
impressive! It was much more red than it appears in this
photo. |
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Delicate Arch. WOW! Need I
say more? See the person in the pic? Bottom left of the
arch itself. This was in Arches Park. No visit is
complete without spending a day here. |
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Green River from the White
Rim Road. Spectacular road! |
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Stuck on the Porcupine Rim
Trail. I couldn't get it up (no jokes, c'mon now!) so I
had to build a small ramp out of rocks. |
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The remains of a truck
that got a bit too close to the edge, and didn't make it.
There was another piece of it up between the next
switchback. I would like to hear the story on this one! |
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Right below the Gemini
Bridges. Nice trail/road leads to this. |
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Poison Spider Mesa Trail.
This was easier than it looked, but only by a bit. After
clearing this, I got to face this... (next shot below) |
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Poison Spider Mesa Trail.
This was immediately just past the shot above. I tried a
few times to climb this but didn't make it. I feared
personal injury and had to turn around. I met the monster
trucks (above) on the way out. Sniffle. I will try again
next trip. |
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That's all folks. Go to
Moab. Now! |
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