B & W IMAGES IN THE SAND

Some pictures of tracks, flowers, cans, etc. in the sand near the San Rafael Swell.

HIKING SOME SLOTS

We found a hike through some slots not far from Goblin Valley that is a good one.  It is a round trip up one slot canyon and down another.  We went up Little Wild Horse Canyon and came down Bell Canyon.  It is an 8 mile round trip and well worth it.  A few scrambles in places, but nothing that requires ropes.

Zeph did really good in the slots.  

A balanced rock.

He would sometimes run between us.

This is almost out of Wild Horse.

Our lunch and water stop.  The dog water bowl has been on many hikes with a couple of the dogs.

Helping Zeph up a few places.

He didn't wait to see if Connie made it up though.

Zeph making sure Connie gets up on the ledge "walk around" of a drop off just a bit down the wash.

Lots of pretty different designs in the rock.

Zeph waiting for the okay to jump up.

CAMPING IN THE BLM SOUTH OF HANKSVILLE, UT

We left Hugo and drove to Montrose, CO and spent the night.  Then drove to the San Rafael Swell area west of Green River, UT.  We set up a camp out on a BLM road that goes to the west part of Canyonlands National Park.  Love the BLM camping – they don’t have all the rules the parks do.  And it is primitive camping with no amenities which we like.  Our solar panel provides all the electricity we need and our camper is self-contained: perfect if it is not cold!   We did hiking in the canyons of the Swell and explored places we have not previously been.  We were in this area a lot in the early 90’s but it has really changed.  

The turn signage on our BLM road.

A sand dune right by our camper.

Pictures from around the camp.

Our camp from above.

A different kind of track left by an unknown traveler.

Sunrises were nice.

The camp.

Connie and her dog walking on a ridge of slickrock.

Of course I will give you a kiss.

Getting ready to do a hike up a wash in the swell.

One ranger referred to these kind of things as cowboy-glyphs.

This is the first sheep we have seen in this area.

A petroglyph and a couple of bullet holes.

Some hoodoos near camp.

A few cattle wondered in once in a while.

The Henry Mountains in the background.