Terrible day in the office!

[Yeller]

Here's a video with an amazing variety of scenery. San Rafael Swell. Hidden Splendor Road and Reds Canyon. Around 5:00 min it really gets interesting. Good vid with a stabilized camera. Has to be amazing in person.

Hidden Splendor

More than you can imagine

 

[Speedrdr]

Pretty spectacular scenery. It appeared to be some “liquid” sunshine there. Lol

Randy

 

[Yeller]

Pretty spectacular scenery. It appeared to be some “liquid” sunshine there. Lol

Randy

Never reached the ground. Just cooled it off a bit.

 

[gnpenning]

Been looking at some of the pics and video this morning. Even as remote and barren as it is, there’s some pretty spectacular scenery. Now I’m thinking that I could drive on those…well, at least SOME of them.
Starting to plan a road trip. Getting the wife on board may take some time. lol

Randy

Randy, Moab can be as easy as or as hard as you want to make it. Many options to match a driver and vehicle. It's not all straight up and down trails. Been with some stock vehicles that do amazing with novice drivers that start out nervous and quickly find the have this. Never let anyone talk you into something you are uncomfortable with. The scenery is spectacular.

I worry more about the summer heat than anything. I love going in the winter. Most trails will have little to no snow depending on the year. Moisture in the sand makes a big difference.

I haven't watched the video but the San Rafael swell is beautiful as well. The Grand staircase area is also beautiful. Plenty of options for you.

BTW, most obstacles are short and if the wife is nervous let her walk around it. Won't be long before she will be riding the whole way.

 

[Yeller]

@gnpenning is 100% correct. Lots of days I never engage 4x4. Correct about heat too. My typical no go time is Memorial Day to Labor Day, and prefer October to end of April.

 

[Speedrdr]

Well, looks like I’ll start laying the groundwork for a trip out. Guess I need to pick up the pace on finishing my ‘77.

Randy

 

[Yeller]

Well, looks like I’ll start laying the groundwork for a trip out. Guess I need to pick up the pace on finishing my ‘77.

Randy

If you need more pics just holler, I have a few thousand

 

[Dave]

I miss those days before moving back here to retire in Michigan. Most of my wheeling and trail riding out there was back in the Kodachrome days. Need to dig into the slides and convert some to digital. My 73 sport was about 8 years old when I bought it from a coworker.

 

[Yeller]

I miss those days before moving back here to retire in Michigan. Most of my wheeling and trail riding out there was back in the Kodachrome days. Need to dig into the slides and convert some to digital. My 73 sport was about 8 years old when I bought it from a coworker.

spending some time at Kodachrome is in my future, its nearer the top of my list

 

[ssray]

I miss those days before moving back here to retire in Michigan. Most of my wheeling and trail riding out there was back in the Kodachrome days. Need to dig into the slides and convert some to digital. My 73 sport was about 8 years old when I bought it from a coworker.

Took pretty much slides back in the film days, mostly Ektachrome. Even did some bulk loading for a while. Recently needed to get digital off some slides on short notice and found I could get decent results off the cellphone. Set a white background down with a led light for illumination. Did it by hand bracing both phone and slide. Using a set of close up lenses on a camera was worse than the phone. Had to zoom the phone some but didn’t seem to hurt quality much.

 

[Yeller]

I miss those days before moving back here to retire in Michigan. Most of my wheeling and trail riding out there was back in the Kodachrome days. Need to dig into the slides and convert some to digital. My 73 sport was about 8 years old when I bought it from a coworker.

Took pretty much slides back in the film days, mostly Ektachrome. Even did some bulk loading for a while. Recently needed to get digital off some slides on short notice and found I could get decent results off the cellphone. Set a white background down with a led light for illumination. Did it by hand bracing both phone and slide. Using a set of close up lenses on a camera was worse than the phone. Had to zoom the phone some but didn’t seem to hurt quality much.

you fella's were on film, and I was on Kodachrome Basin State Park

 

[Dave]

you fella's were on film, and I was on Kodachrome Basin State Park

reason it got called Kodachrome Basin.

 

[ssray]

you fella's were on film, and I was on Kodachrome Basin State Park

Listening to Paul Simon I suppose?
I'll have to check it out...have heard of it.

 

[ssray]

you fella's were on film, and I was on Kodachrome Basin State Park

Checked it out! Nice campground! Looks multicolored like the vid I posted. Both may be part of the Grand Staircase from what I can tell. Vid I found was by abom adventures. Recognized the voice....he has a YouTube machining page I like to watch.

 

[Ksm]

AWESOME photos as usual.