Just got back from Moab and surrounding area. Had a great time with some good friends and made some new ones.
We started out checking out a trail called Beef Basin. About 65 miles south of Moab.
The main attraction for this road are Anasazi indian ruins. Some are over 1,200 years old.
The trail itself is not to hard but we were the first to bust through the cut banks and deep sand toward beef basin itself. That made it ever more fun.
The whole basin was ringed with ruins to check out.
We found this cliff dwelling 60 miles from the nearest pavement at the end the trail that was washed away from recent flooding. Then we hiked 2 1/2 miles,climbed 500 feet to find it. No wonder it is so well preserved.
I carried 8 gallons of gas on the roof and Craig Had ten
but we used most of it on beef basin so we had to make a 60 mile round trip to the nearest town for more fuel before we started Lockhart basin trail. This trail was the most remote trail that i have been on. We did not see anyone from the time we camped at the beginning of the trail to the end 24 hours later.
We managed to get in Canyonlands national park. No orange cones out here. The colorado river is just on the other side of all that tamerst.
I will post some more pics later with the rest of Lockhart and more.
