Monday, May 19, 2008

Getting Lost Ain't All Bad











Matt, Bailey and I moved from an RV joint in Marysvale, UT to an awesome state park called Fremont Indian State Park about 30 minutes from Marysvale. It was amazing. Our site was surrounded by trees and huge rock cliffs. The weather was perfect at 75 degrees and we were able to get a couple of campfires in at night.

We drove our toys (motorcycle & 4-wheeler) over to the Visitor Center where we were able to take some hikes of the petroglyphs, pictographs, and pictoglyphs. There is so much history and it is great that it is being preserved at this park. For an interesting story about the Spider Woman (seen in 2nd picture above in the bottom, left corner) see ----->>>>>>>

And... the best part of this park is that we were able to hop on the Paiute Trail, which is the longest 4-wheel trail in the U.S. We bought a map and headed out. The scenary was breath-taking; up, up into snow patched areas (by the way, 4-wheelers & motorcyles do NOT do well in the snow as we had to push them manually in many places) and the best part (now that we made it, that is) is that we got totally lost out in the wilderness. We saw 2 herds of Elk, one literally ran about 100 yards in front of Matt's motorcycle, drove through mud, creeks/run-offs, and of course the snow. We finally found our way out, but it took 10 hours to do it. We had planned that we'd be out for 4-5 hours, so it was an extremely long day for us, but we were all troopers, including Mr. B. who rode with us the entire way. Oh, the adventures we continue to have...

For all of you 4-wheel enthusiasts out there, this is definitely a place to check out. But note to the wise - stay below 8,000 feet because if you encounter snow, you'll be in for a work out!!!

2 comments:

Monica said...

Looks like your camp chair is mighty comfortable!!! Comfy enough for naps :-)

Anonymous said...

WAY comfy!!! Thanks!!!

Mom bought Matty one when we were in P.S. and he's just as comfy now. :)