Day 24: Monday,
Oct 22
A very quiet night
was had by all. Last night, the wind
kicked up and it rained a bit but not much or for long. The short off road trail that we are camping
on is not graveled but hard packed so being UTAH red dirt it gets really sticky
and sloppy when wet. There is evidence
of that (ruts) in a couple of places where we are; room for maybe two or three more
small rv’s but that wouldn’t make me happy at all. Today we spent the day exploring the Valley
of the Gods with the JEEP and walking. It is a 17 mile road with some dips and is
like a miniature Monument valley but you can boondock here. There are no official trails but we did
explore on foot.
While traveling the
17 mile VOG roadway, we discovered a young women obviously stuck on one of the
side dirt roads…stuck to the frame of
her car in sand. She was sideway on the
road (like trying to turn around) but obviously didn’t make the turn and did
get into the ditch. She had only been
stuck 15 minutes so she was in luck! Using
our farmer jack and two british males that we flagged down, the men were able to
push her out. Her lucky day for sure as
she was in the process of calling the rental car company ($$).
After lunch we
drove up and down MOKI DUGWAY in the Jeep (no rv’s allowed or advised and
rightfully so…steep and swtichbacks). Moki
Dugway is a road that is built to take
smaller vehicles (carst, pickups, motorcycles and I’ve seen mini vans)
from the valley floor to the top of Cedar Mesa.
The road was wider than I thought in most parts and a beautiful
ride. I am not sure why it was built as
there had to have been major blasting and this is not a well populated area. It
is very scenic though…awesome views from the top and you could see our dot of
an rv waiting for us to return.
We could see that there was a storm blowing in and decided to not stay the second night within VOG but just outside on gravel. We wanted to move on the next day and there was potential with rain for us to have to stay a few more nights to let our “driveway” dry out. The wind kicked up rain, lightening and some thunder. Collected water off roof for use in toilet. We will be back.
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