Blogs from Blanding, Utah, United States, North America

I departed from my camp at Bears Ears and continued driving West on Utah Hwy 95 in White Canyon (named after the hard white sandstone at the top of the canyon inner gorge). This is BLM land (Bureau of Land Management) with lots of free legal dispersed camping. I followed Utah Hwy 95 and explored the dirt San Yuan County roads, and ex-county roads (trails still open) that overlook the White Canyon inner gorge (100' to 250' deep); with some descending down the gorge and back up the North side. There is legal free camping permitted on these dirt roads and trails. The BLM will post signs if they do not want you to camp in an area. I drove the San Juan County road 2124, a nice private place, then moved on for other views. ... read more

Now this blog is from my 2017 travel camping adventure, but relevant to my current blogs. According to Wikipedia, Comb Ridge is a geologic monocline fault running North-South about 80 miles from the Abajo Mountains in Southern Utah to near Kayenta, Arizona. There is a number of very old Puebloan cliff dwellings and other ruins along that fault. There is also a number of Tritylodont fossils there. Going Westbound on Utah Hwy 95 from Blanding, the East Side of Comb Ridge has white sandstone rising upward above the surrounding area. When they built Utah Hwy 95 they used explosives to blast open that top sandstone to make the highway route possible. The land sunk over 600 feet down (West side) with a switchback going down through the reddish rock. (Note: there are strict "no parking" signs ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Journée 5 étoiles pour Monument Valley. La météo ici comme de partout à ses ratés. Il était prévu pour aujourd'hui une très belle journée, ce qui conditionnait ma journée. En me levant j'ouvre les rideaux, et le temps est acceptable. 23° à 7h30 lorsque je pars, toit ouvert, ça n'a pas duré très longtemps. Moab est au fond d'une vallée, en grimpant la montagne le temps s'est sérieusement dégradé. Il me reste 100 km à faire pour prendre les décisions. Je vais même roulé sous de la grosse pluie une cinquantaine de km. Il me semble que plus je vais vers le sud meilleur est le temps. Je prends le risque de me rendre à Monument Valley à 120 km. je verrais demain pour Natural Bridges. J'ai réservé à Blanding, ce qui me ... read more

Start: Dolores Ziel: Blanding Tageskilometer: 133.2 Höchstgeschwindigkeit: 62.1 Gesamtkilometer: 4'412.2. Früh auf und nach einem Kaffee und den obligaten Brötchen in der Waschküche gings bei relativ frischem Wetter los. Die ersten Sonnenstrahlen wärmten noch nicht so richtig. Nach Dolores ging es zuerst kurz hoch und nachher bogen wir in eine Hochebene ein und fuhren dann am Mc Phee Reservoir vorbei. Kamen super voran und waren um ca. 9.15 h in Dove Creek welches ca. 50 Kilometer weit weg lag. Machten in einem kleinen Café Pause. Überraschenderweise war das Café hübsch eingerichtet und es gab guten Kaffee, Croissants und selbstgemachtes Yoghurt mit Flocken. Endlich mal etwas Abwechslung. Frisch gestärkt ging es weiter durch die Ebene - auf und ab - auf und ab, aber wir hatten ja von der Ostküste her genügend Training mit diesen Rollercoa... read more

Trailhead To reach the trailhead, go south out of Blanding about 3.5 miles until the junction with highway 95. Follow highway 95 about 10.6 miles until crossing a bridge over Butler Wash. This is the trailhead for the main ruins, park at a small pullout on the west side of the bridge. (just before mile post 111) To reach the tourist ruins, continue just past mile post 111, to a signed paved road on the right. Follow this a short distance to the trailhead where parking and pit toilets are available. Route Tourist Ruins To reach the tourist ruins, simply follow the signed trail. It is a short hike, less than 1 mile round trip. There are some interpretative guides at the trailhead. Be sure to pick one up, as it provides great information about the ... read more