Road Canyon Ruin
Road Canyon Ruin
Fallen Roof Ruin
Fallen Roof Ruin
Fallen Roof Ruin
Gooseneck State Park
Gooseneck State Park
RV Coming Down the Moki Dugway
Mexican Hat
Mexican Hat
2011 Trip across the US
2012 Trip across the US
Other Trips
I made another attempt at finding the Fallen Roof Ruin in Road Canyon this morning with much better luck. And, I do mean luck. On the way in I managed to go past the ruin, and continued on to the next ruin. Unfortunately, I only had my wide angle lens, and the climb to the ruin was bad enough that as a single hiker, I skipped it. You will have to do with some soft enlargements.
I finally decided that what I saw must have been the second set of ruins described in the hiking guides, so I turned back. I stopped to rest under the shade of a Cottonwood tree, and swore I could hear voices. When I moved out of the shade & looked up, I saw a couple of hikers & just beyond them the edge of the Fallen Roof Canyon. Without hearing them & probably would have missed it. Not quite as impressive coloring as the House on Fire ruin in nearby Mule Canyon, but well worth the hike (well, 2 hikes.)
Anyway, I did get my photographs. On the way back I decided to drive to Mexican Hat to photograph Goosenecks State Park &, of course, the Mexican Hat.
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Road Canyon Ruin |
Road Canyon Ruin |
Fallen Roof Ruin |
Fallen Roof Ruin |
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Fallen Roof Ruin |
Gooseneck State Park |
Gooseneck State Park |
RV Coming Down the Moki Dugway |
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Mexican Hat |
Mexican Hat |
Gooseneck State Park View - Large 10,000 Pixel, 5.2 MB Version
After gassing up in Mexican Hat I headed back up the Moki Dugway. I saw 3 class C RVs coming down the Dugway; it was interesting that they were all rentals.
Back at Natural Bridges I met & talked with a Casita owner from Colorado. While I was gone the propane tank ran dry. I usually remember to open the valve on the extra tank so the automatic switchover works when I'm near the end of a tank if I'm going to be away from the trailer, but forgot this morning. I don't like to leave both valves open all the time because it might switch without me knowing it & leave me without as happened on a 25°F night at the Grand Canyon. The freezer was up to 10°F & the refrigerator section to 39°F, so I must have caught it early.
Anyhow, I'm going to do nothing for the rest of the day.
Dinner will probably be a tuna fish sandwich unless something else simple jumps out at me.
Until the next data connection -
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