83 years young

[nvrstuk]

I really want to do the hole in the rock trail. have done hole in the rock road, and want to do it again.

WHere is this "hole in the rock" trail?

 

[Yeller]

The trail ends as a hiking trail in Bluff. The drivable part starts at San Juan Hill and goes to Lake Powell. From Lake Powell, Hole in the Rock Road goes to Escalante. If you have ever seen the maker posts with the image of a covered wagon on them around Bluff, you have been on part of the trail. The southern end of Comb Ridge Wash Road is part of the trail.

 

[nvrstuk]

Yup, seen those so will do more exploring. Thx!

 

[ssray]

WHere is this "hole in the rock" trail?

I have a .gpx off a map (OsmAnd) if you want. You can see it on G-maps satellite, but it doesn't show up as a trail all the way.

 

[Yeller]

I have a .gpx off a map (OsmAnd) if you want. You can see it on G-maps satellite, but it doesn't show up as a trail all the way.

I’d welcome a copy Scott. Can PM or PM and I can give you an email addy.

 

[ssray]

I’d welcome a copy Scott. Can PM or PM and I can give you an email addy.

PM sent. It's ssray0 (zero) at the head of that address. I forgot to add the zero.

 

[Yeller]

From today

Loaded up and ready to head toward home at dark 30 in the morning.

 

[nvrstuk]

Great pics.

Just pulled in to the little BLM place we like.

Buddies are headed home & we're going to explore for 3, 4, 5?? days or till we run out of food. lol

Scott- also interested in the file but I can't even unload OnX because I can't access Google w/o my password.

 

[ssray]

Great pics.

Just pulled in to the little BLM place we like.

Buddies are headed home & we're going to explore for 3, 4, 5?? days or till we run out of food. lol

Scott- also interested in the file but I can't even unload OnX because I can't access Google w/o my password.

Run out of food? I think I'd be fasting as much as I could handle

Just PM me whenever and I'll email em off. I have the 'hole in the rock trail" which starts as a road (Nokai Dome Road) off Hy 276 and a hiking trail at the end close to the Colorado. A third listed as "Rincon Road (closed)" goes North off HITR trail. It would not record using a car setting, had to go to walk/hike setting before the software would record a track. I was aware of it from a YT vid that's 3 yrs old now so it probably is now closed to OHV use. I'm new to the tablet nav scene so I need to read up on .gpx files and if they ever have compatibility issues. I shipped em off to Steve so we'll see how that goes. He's probably depressed at the moment from having to go back to work.

 

[Yeller]

Not depressed yet, just delirious from driving 990 miles in one sitting lol

 

[cldonley]

So far has been excellent! Went a place today you’ll recognize

My wife and I visited that amazing place a couple years ago.

 

[cldonley]

Ken is a Vietnam Vetran. We had an emotional but much appreciated and fantastic stop at the Vietnam War Memorial in Angle Fire NM. If you haven’t been it is really a place of remembrance and healing, very humbling to visit.

Ken was a door gunner and crew chief on a U1. Felt honored to take his picture with one. He’s told me a lot of stories over the years about his time and experiences there.

I served with a bunch of Viet Nam vets early in my career who flew, crewed and were door gunners on Huey's. Probably the single most dangerous job in the war. I had a first sergeant in the eighties who did two tours in the infantry then re-enlisted to become a crew chief. He said every time he went out he wished he was back on the ground.

 

[cldonley]

Thanks for posting this y'all! The pics are amazing. Great that you could help them get out an wheel. Looks like a great time.

 

[Yeller]

Thanks for the kind words @cldonley. Was definitely a great time. Discovered some areas that need to be revisited again in the future.

We left Saturday morning at 05:30 Saturday morning. Counting the hour time zone change, 990 miles and 18 hours later we pulled in my driveway at 00:30 Sunday morning. Quite the change after spending 3 days to get there lol.

 

[nvrstuk]

THAT beats my personal best of 16hrs! LOL

What a long haul. Thanks for the tips. We already hit the Baja silt bed petroglyphs wall down the south comb & south of 163.

 

[Pa PITT]

& I'd like to see these also

 

[Yeller]

THAT beats my personal best of 16hrs! LOL

What a long haul. Thanks for the tips. We already hit the Baja silt bed petroglyphs wall down the south comb & south of 163.

Isn’t that something? You did stop at river house too?

I wish that was my personal best. It was dumb. 2100 miles to grandmas house in Forest Grove OR. I promise that ain’t happenin again fortunately those days of my life have passed

 

[nvrstuk]

Yup, admired the riverhouse, the old log bldg that was completely filled with rock... lots of hard living happened here!

How'd ya find out this was here to investigate?

More pics later...this one took 10min to unload.

 

[bronkenn]

Today we did Comb Wash from hwy 95 all the way to the end near Bluff. Dusty, but awesome day.

How lucky were you to find the ancient toilet with petrified turds still there. Would've completed my bucket list...

 

[Yeller]

Yup, admired the riverhouse, the old log bldg that was completely filled with rock... lots of hard living happened here!

How'd ya find out this was here to investigate?

Google

I was looking for ruins and petroglyph sites near Bluff with shortish easy trails. I need to stop at Sand Island, never have, makes me feel silly since it is so close to the highway.

The rock filled building was part of the development along the river. I do not understand how it functioned but the rocks were a counter weight. I've seen the same structures along the Rio Grande in Big Bend NP. I need to research that.