Labor Day

We had a great adventure this past weekend - went to Blanding and stayed with Mom and Dad - Steve and Truman were there and Peggy and Shelby were there. We just stayed Friday night then we were off to do the "Hole in the Rock" trail with the Red Rock 4 Wheelers out of Moab. We had 4 other rigs from our club so about 1/4 of the the group were Lone Peak 4 Wheelers. We started at the Cal Black Memorial Airport which is about 10 miles from Hall's Crossing and head south into the desert and the slick rock!!

The idea is to go in 4-5 hours, camp, go to the end of the trail and back the 2nd day, back to the camp and out on the 3rd day. But there are times when Mother Nature just doesn't cooperate. The first night we got lots of rain and wind, but managed to get by. 2nd day started out cloudy but with some blue sky - the trail was brutal and the scenery was spectacular. Right after we went down a place called The Chute we got hit with an unbelievable cloudburst - it just poured and streams went from a inch deep to 4 feet deep in 10-15 minutes. From where our Jeep was I could count 19 places where the water was pouring off the slickrock. So we had lunch and waited - we were still 5-6 miles from the end of the trail but the trail leader said what was left was even more technical and a lot of slick rock to we turned back.

Even though we didn't get to the end of the trail it was a great adventure and a lot of fun. And it means we have to or get to do it again, so that's OK!!

We stopped in Green River on the way down and loaded up on melons for Mom and Dad and then stopped on the way north and really loaded up on melons for us!! Home safe and sound - Jeep very dirty and reddish-brown - the desert turned into lots of mudholes and we managed to hit our share!!

Love to All - J.B.