Sunday, April 27/2014

The bloody wind is blowing again this morning.  Just once I would like to feel no wind on my face!!  Oh well, it isn't raining and that will make packing up a lot more pleasant.

Heading out…..

We packed up, loaded the quads and headed out.  Kay had left an hour earlier so was home long before we really had travelled too far.  It was horribly windy all day today and I must say this truck is probably not getting very good gas mileage!!  It was brutal and we were headed "uphill" for most of the day!!

Last pic of "nipple" mountain.  It looked
exactly like a big boob!!

The wild burros came to say goodbye

another awesome looking jeep

Our trip today was not without incredible scenery although being up hill on a very steep pass had us down to first gear and 25 miles per hour.   Gee, at one point I thought I might have to get out and push!!  The snow got thicker as we continued our journey to the heavens and at one point, was blowing off the evergreens.  The only good thing about this climb was that the pavement was dry.  We reached the summit at 9114 feet and I for one was glad that bit of nonsense was over.  We now had to deal with a very long 10% grade down!!   The engine braking on the truck motor is actually quite good so the downhill part of this journey was pretty cool.  There were lots of "watch out for the elk and deer" signs along the route but we didn't see a single creature.

heading up Indian Canyon on highway 191

There is snow up here

The summit recorded at 9114 feet

Tonight's camping spot - just outside of Vernal, Utah

We made camp tonight just outside of Vernal, Utah.  We have one more big steep climb to tackle tomorrow and then we will be in Wyoming and that much closer to home.  Oh ya…..I think there is a Walmart in Vernal if I remember correctly!!