好吧,这就是我们在犹他州的最后一站。在过去的六个星期中,我们扎营了windy beach, hiked to the世界之巅, frolicked in the拱门的土地, and gone back in time to see howpeople used to live。Each new destination had us gasping in awe at the wonders Utah has to offer. I think Tim put it best when he so eloquently declared “What’s up Utah? Why’d you get all the cool stuff?” Seriously. This is one cool state.
Our last destination brought us only ~100 miles east of where we first entered Utah at the bottom of Lake Powell.Goosenecks State Parkis a free park near the southern edge of Utah only about 25 miles north of Monument Valley. That’s right, I said free. Free to camp, free to picnic, or free to just peer over the edge at the San Juan River nearly 1000 feet below.
For a stretch of six miles the San Juan River flows through a series of tight turns- known as Goosenecks- over a distance of only one and half miles. An ariel viewof the area shows the incredible path that the river has carved in the rocks. The park sits at the edge of one of these turns and offers up a viewing area with railing, a picnic shelter, a pit toilet, and a long stretch of road where you are free to camp.
We chose a spot near the edge of the cliff with an awesome view of the deep canyon below.
我们在鹅颈上的第二个晚上,有一些Airstream旅行者加入了我们的行列。这个三个狗的家庭住在加利福尼亚,并尽可能在他们可爱的19'小鹿斑比旅行。当我们在锡安(Zion)中,他们与我们联系,要求有关该地区和与狗一起旅行的后勤建议。我们一直在通过我们的彼此跟踪blogs和Facebookpages ever since, and somehow ended up at Goosenecks on the same night.
Dave, Ann, Wynne and pooch Gorilla (not pictured) pulled up just in time for us to enjoy a delicious group dinner. I was already in the middle of preparing a Lentil Cottage Pie, and they generously offered up some delicious ground pork from the pigs they raise on their mini-farm back in CA. It was a great addition to the meal and I am not sure if this dish will ever be as tasty again. Somehow in the lentil vs. pork battle, the pig wins every time.
我们度过了整个晚上交易旅行故事,并策划了我们可能再次见面的地方。与往常一样,结识志趣相投的旅行者真是太好了,我们衷心希望在不久的将来再次越过道路。嘿,您永远不会知道,下次我们在CA时,我们可能会跳进更多的美味猪肉!
在天气方面,我们在鹅颈的两天并不是那么好,但是我们确实设法出去开车众神山谷。最初的计划是在VOG路上的Boondoock。这是十七英里路上的许多景点,周围欣赏到美丽的景色。当雨水涌入时,我们改变了计划。在许多RV论坛上,我害怕我警告湿,泥泞的道路和卡住的RVS。
After driving it with just the truck I can see why people with RVs would want to avoid the western portion of the road — in any weather. The road makes several deep dips that probably would have resulted in some sort of trailer damage had we attempted it. The east end of the road, however, is easily passable for any size rig. We spotted a few huge, gorgeous boondocking spots that would have been perfect for us. After leaving Goosenecks we almost moved over to the VOG for a night, but we were running low on both water and food so decided to move on. Next time we’ll be finding a spot on the eastern end of this road for sure.
Tim bravely climbed up to the base of this rock in search of a Geocache. Can you see him at the base of the pointy part? He’s the tiny blue speck. Unfortunately, after climbing all the way up there the Geocache was nowhere to be found.
Phineas and I waited for him about halfway up the rock. The view was incredible.
After the Valley of the Gods Road we drove a few miles south of the park to see the famous Mexican Hat Rock that the town of Mexican Hat is named for. The rock was cool, but the town itself didn’t warrant any photos.
纪念碑谷仅位于墨西哥帽子以南约20英里处,所以我们想知道为什么不去看它。到我们到达时,天气非常严峻,我们决定不支付进入游客中心和观看区的费用。取而代之的是,我们从路边拍了一些照片。灯确实很奇怪,所以只有一张照片值得在这里分享。我认为,在一个更好的天气日,纪念碑谷将很有趣,但是如果您想避免人群并在岩石上获得更亲密和个人的经历,那么众神之路的谷就是必然的。
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That’s amazing. Is there cell service???
Not anything usable. We got enough AT&T for texting and some slooow internet use, but that’s it. There is a $10/night BLM campground down the road in Bluff that had good service though. I think if we returned this is where we would stay.
嘿,我真的很喜欢您的纪念碑谷的拍摄!那张照片中非常有趣的光。完全炫耀红色和岩石。期待您在CO中获得一些绿色照片。
妮娜
谢谢妮娜!那肯定是最好的镜头。之后,云层变得非常厚,天空太黑了。CO的绿色照片将很快发布:)
嘿阿曼达,
如果您回去,您会说您会去VOG,这仅仅是因为您上次去了鹅牛吗?您会第一次推荐哪个?
I think Valley of the Gods was more interesting. But they are pretty close together, so if you stayed there you could easily drive over to Goosenecks to see it. Also, I don’t think it’s free to camp there anymore (at Goosenecks).
看起来是10美元晚上 - 这使我们的决定变得容易了!谢谢阿曼达。