Well, I don't post here as much as a browse, but figured I should put my recent Utah trip up. Thanks to some expo members I was able to figure out issues I was having with my fridge right before I left! Overall it was a great trip and I highly recommend getting out here if you haven't already. Issues were minimal, and the scenery and weather were impossible to beat. We did about 300 miles of dirt roads/trails this trip.
Day 1
We started off Saturday leaving from Los Angeles, heading to Zion National Park, planning on camping at Watchman Campground for the first of our two nights there. As I hate driving on pavement the whole way we took a detour from Cima to Nevada Stateline via Cima Rd and Nipton Trail. Fun, high speed dirt road that parallels the railroad tracks for quite a bit of the way.
Unfortunately, after getting back onto the pavement and making our way through Vegas we were stopped on the 15 for over two hours. Traffic was due to a trio of construction, accidents, and a freeway-side protest in support of a farmers cattles' grazing rights on BLM land (yes, seriously). As a result we ended up staying in a hotel our first night rather than coming into camp after 10pm and waking everyone up.
One interesting thing that we saw while stopped on the freeway was there must have been some sort of desert exercise for local law-enforcement since we were passed by literally hundreds of rangers, state police, sheriff etc.. all driving dirt-covered SUV's, trucks, UTV's. They actually had some really cool builds mixed in!
Day 2
We started off day 2 by heading straight into Zion National Park. We debated hiking Angels Landing but settled for Taylor Creek, wanting something a little more relaxed. Great hike that was around 4 miles, and lead to a beautiful dome at the end of the trail.
Made some friends along the trail.
After our hike we headed further into the park for a scenic overlook.
We finally made our way to Watchman Campground to set up. It was a decent campground, but since it was established it was filled with many large groups and lots of people.
Day 1
We started off Saturday leaving from Los Angeles, heading to Zion National Park, planning on camping at Watchman Campground for the first of our two nights there. As I hate driving on pavement the whole way we took a detour from Cima to Nevada Stateline via Cima Rd and Nipton Trail. Fun, high speed dirt road that parallels the railroad tracks for quite a bit of the way.
Unfortunately, after getting back onto the pavement and making our way through Vegas we were stopped on the 15 for over two hours. Traffic was due to a trio of construction, accidents, and a freeway-side protest in support of a farmers cattles' grazing rights on BLM land (yes, seriously). As a result we ended up staying in a hotel our first night rather than coming into camp after 10pm and waking everyone up.
One interesting thing that we saw while stopped on the freeway was there must have been some sort of desert exercise for local law-enforcement since we were passed by literally hundreds of rangers, state police, sheriff etc.. all driving dirt-covered SUV's, trucks, UTV's. They actually had some really cool builds mixed in!
Day 2
We started off day 2 by heading straight into Zion National Park. We debated hiking Angels Landing but settled for Taylor Creek, wanting something a little more relaxed. Great hike that was around 4 miles, and lead to a beautiful dome at the end of the trail.
Made some friends along the trail.
After our hike we headed further into the park for a scenic overlook.
We finally made our way to Watchman Campground to set up. It was a decent campground, but since it was established it was filled with many large groups and lots of people.