dustybronco
www.sextonoffroad.com
- Location
- Kamas, UT
Wow! what an awesome trip. The weather stayed beautiful all weekend and the wheeling was great.
Laura and I left Grand Junction at about 0500 on Friday morning and arrived without incident at the trail head first. Every one else left SLC area around 0500 and arrived about an hour later. There was a little snow over the passes but once we got to Southern Utah the sun was shining.
After unloading the vehicles and loading up the gear and supplies we left the tow rigs at about 1230. The 5 vehicles wheeled in to lake canyon camp and ran into a couple of friends from Delta that had headed up the Lake Canyon trail from the halls crossing airport. We continued to travel up to the first obstacle.
The drop was a mild one but loaded down with heavy camping gear caused some shifting and one small scare when Tony's Bronco trailer decided it wanted to try and push his Bronco head over heels. Quick reactions prevailed and both vehicle and trailer maintained Terra firma side down.
After a couple more hours of back country wheeling we arrived at base camp where the boys from Delta had set up thier tents and started to make thier suppers. We quickly followed suit and we able to get our tents up quickly even though it was after sunset. Laura and I had volunteered to make the first dinner and I built us a fire to cook over. We made spaghetti and meatballs with Pudgy pies for dessert. Everybody was pretty tired that first night and crashed out right after chow.
The sun came up the next morning and everyone stayed hidden in thier tents until a fire was built. Soon we had a great breakfast scramble, put together by Nick and Tony, and were ready to hit the trail. Not long after departing camp we came to a minor drop off and a little play area. We then wheeled up the side of a small cliff laura was calling mini cliff hanger in reminder of the Moab trail.
Leaving the climb behind we crested out on Grey Mesa and paused for an overlook of the San Juan River. Peggy went down the hill a little far but luckily enough Steve was ready with his Warn 8274 winch to pull her back to the top.
Traveling further we came to the chute and played a little but not wanting to shorten the trip we continued on down. At the bottom of the chute the dogs got quite a suprise when they fell into a hot tub that was full of water 20' deep.
Wheeling further we finally reached the end of the 4wheel trail around 1530. Not having already eaten everyone broke out sandwiches and Tony had a smoked salmon tucked away somewhere. We knew we would be traveling some in the dark but wanted to head back and hopefully get to the mini cliffhanger before light was an issue.
Unfortunately we didn't make it before dark. We had a minor break on Tony's Bronco's climbing back up the chute and had to strap it with only the front differential working. The climb back to Grey Mesa was quickly accomplished and Carl and Danny ran ahead to scout out the route down the mini cliff in the dark.
Upon arriving at the drop we were relieved to hear the scouts had found the path in the dark and smartly placed a trail of bread crumbs for everyone to follow. Picking up the bread crumbs we made our way down the path and quickly arrived back at base camp.
Within minutes we had another fire and Carl and Rhonda whipped up a great Chili con Carne with scones, while Steve and Peggy cooked polish dogs to plus up the feast. With scones and pie filling for desert everyone again went to bed with full bellys.
Laura and I left Grand Junction at about 0500 on Friday morning and arrived without incident at the trail head first. Every one else left SLC area around 0500 and arrived about an hour later. There was a little snow over the passes but once we got to Southern Utah the sun was shining.
After unloading the vehicles and loading up the gear and supplies we left the tow rigs at about 1230. The 5 vehicles wheeled in to lake canyon camp and ran into a couple of friends from Delta that had headed up the Lake Canyon trail from the halls crossing airport. We continued to travel up to the first obstacle.
The drop was a mild one but loaded down with heavy camping gear caused some shifting and one small scare when Tony's Bronco trailer decided it wanted to try and push his Bronco head over heels. Quick reactions prevailed and both vehicle and trailer maintained Terra firma side down.
After a couple more hours of back country wheeling we arrived at base camp where the boys from Delta had set up thier tents and started to make thier suppers. We quickly followed suit and we able to get our tents up quickly even though it was after sunset. Laura and I had volunteered to make the first dinner and I built us a fire to cook over. We made spaghetti and meatballs with Pudgy pies for dessert. Everybody was pretty tired that first night and crashed out right after chow.
The sun came up the next morning and everyone stayed hidden in thier tents until a fire was built. Soon we had a great breakfast scramble, put together by Nick and Tony, and were ready to hit the trail. Not long after departing camp we came to a minor drop off and a little play area. We then wheeled up the side of a small cliff laura was calling mini cliff hanger in reminder of the Moab trail.
Leaving the climb behind we crested out on Grey Mesa and paused for an overlook of the San Juan River. Peggy went down the hill a little far but luckily enough Steve was ready with his Warn 8274 winch to pull her back to the top.
Traveling further we came to the chute and played a little but not wanting to shorten the trip we continued on down. At the bottom of the chute the dogs got quite a suprise when they fell into a hot tub that was full of water 20' deep.
Wheeling further we finally reached the end of the 4wheel trail around 1530. Not having already eaten everyone broke out sandwiches and Tony had a smoked salmon tucked away somewhere. We knew we would be traveling some in the dark but wanted to head back and hopefully get to the mini cliffhanger before light was an issue.
Unfortunately we didn't make it before dark. We had a minor break on Tony's Bronco's climbing back up the chute and had to strap it with only the front differential working. The climb back to Grey Mesa was quickly accomplished and Carl and Danny ran ahead to scout out the route down the mini cliff in the dark.
Upon arriving at the drop we were relieved to hear the scouts had found the path in the dark and smartly placed a trail of bread crumbs for everyone to follow. Picking up the bread crumbs we made our way down the path and quickly arrived back at base camp.
Within minutes we had another fire and Carl and Rhonda whipped up a great Chili con Carne with scones, while Steve and Peggy cooked polish dogs to plus up the feast. With scones and pie filling for desert everyone again went to bed with full bellys.
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