Moab/southern Utah and western Colorado

[Adam Miller]

A few shots from my recent trip to Moab and other sites in the vicinity, dispersed camping in BLM lands.

My first stop was passing through Valley of the Gods, ascending the Moki Dugway, and camping atop Cedar Mesa, with a view of Monument Valley in the distance.

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[Adam Miller]

During my few days there, I made some side trips. One was to Monument Valley.

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[911 Crazy]

Way cool. I will do that next year....right after Raptor Assault!

 

[Adam Miller]

My next stop was a dry wash at the end of Baullie Road near Blanding, UT (have some shave ice too if you go). It was a short hike to some native american ruins--one of many such site in the area.

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[Adam Miller]

Some other ruins and sites near Blanding...

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[bruiser]

sweet me and a group of buddies plan to make this trip next year as well happen to have a map of where you went?

 

[dsg2003mach1]

the cliff dwellings are so cool, Mesa Verde is one of my favorite places

 

[Adam Miller]

Then it was up towards Moab, hitting Needles Overlook near Canyonlands National Park. I took some photos with my good camera and video with the Insta360, but haven't uploaded that stuff yet. All these other photos are just with the cell phone. As I left Needles, I couldn't resist a sand/dirt stretch of about 10 miles called Shortcut Road. It was thrilling to get the Raptor in excess of 70 mph at times over that.

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[Adam Miller]

sweet me and a group of buddies plan to make this trip next year as well happen to have a map of where you went?

I used Gaia to record some of the routes I took. And I have some GPS locations of some other places I camped or visited.

 

[Adam Miller]

When I first arrived in Moab, I was looking forward to a real shower and a bed, so I got a hotel room. It was also fortuitous since a big storm blew through that night.

One of the first trails I took wasn't the one I thought I was on, according to the guidebook I used. Experienced some pretty good rock crawling (I do have some video). Then, in further wandering I wound up on one of the toughest trails in the entire book. After two pretty hairy sections and learning what was to come, I made the wise decision to turn back. At this point I still hadn't aired down my tires either. The compressor I had ordered before the trip didn't arrive in time.

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