On the Road Again - Purple ZR-1 Road Trip to Utah

[QB93Z]

Day 13: At Flaming Gorge, UT

This is our third visit to Flaming Gorge. The Red Canyon Lodge offers single cabins and dual cabins. We have stayed in one side of the dual cabins in the past, but sometimes the neighbors can spoil the solitude, so we chose a single this year:





Our cabin does not have a kitchen or cooking equipment that we are used to so breakfast was what some people call ham and eggs, but looks like lunch meat and a hard-boiled egg to me:




We spent the day exploring the scenery around the Green River Reservoir. In this southern section of the Canyon the red rock layer that we have seen in many places in UT and WY, is very striking:








Later in the afternoon, the family in a cabin near ours finally finished blowing up a raft to float in the resort lake. Unfortunately, they couldn't carry it to the water so they used their pickup truck:




After dinner, Lyndi and I took a 2-mile hike from our cabin to the rim view trail to catch the evening shadows on the water:



Jim

[HAWAIIZR-1]

Beautiful photos and memories Jim! Take care and safe travels. 🤙🏽


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[QB93Z]

So........ I asked the lady at the Visitor's Center for a map to find hiking trails. This is what she gave me. Free. Now I need some suggestions on how to use it in the ZR-1........




Jim

[WARP TEN]

Originally Posted by QB93Z

So........ I asked the lady at the Visitor's Center for a map to find hiking trails. This is what she gave me. Free. Now I need some suggestions on how to use it in the ZR-1........




Jim

You could use it as a windshield sunscreen, but make sure you cut out a little slot for you to see out of while you drive.--Bob

[Jagdpanzer]

Jury rig a mast on the Z and use it for an auxiliary sail. Should improve your mileage a bunch.


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[efnfast]

I suspect Jim is naked behind there.

[QB93Z]

Thanks for the suggestions. Steve, you may have explained the strange looks from the people in the next cabin as I was loading the Z.


Day 14: On Monday, Memorial Day, we remembered those who served in our nation's Armed Services and fought for freedom against tyranny.



Just north of the Flaming Gorge Dam there is a constructed overlook. The views from there of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir are wonderful.




The view from the overlook looking west shows only a small portion of the 90 mile length of the reservoir:




We decided to explore the Green River below the dam. We drove across the top of the dam and turned onto Spillway Boat Launch Road. From the spillway looking up the road appears to be suspended on the canyon wall:




The Green River is very beautiful. The Canyon walls rise high on each side of the river with forest atop on each side.

There is a narrow, well traveled path on one side of the river that we hiked for more than a mile:



The swiftly flowing river reflects the opposite side of the canyon:




There were many people on the river this morning. Boaters, fisherman, drifters, and hikers:









Jim

[QB93Z]

Day 15: 1 June We bid farewell to Flaming Gorge and The Red Canyon Lodge:




Our next destination was Moab, UT. The easiest route is south to Vernal, UT, then into western Colorado, to I-70, then west, then south to Moab. I decided to modify the route by getting off of I-70 at the exit to UT-128 to follow the Colorado River to Moab.







Our first view of the Colorado River:



The Colorado begins in the Rocky Mountains and goes west across Colorado and into Utah. As the river runs southwest, it begins carving the landscape, creating canyons and buttes that rival the Grand Canyon.










Jim

[QB93Z]

We have been rafting on the Colorado River. Without the Nikon camera. So no pictures today. It is very hot in the afternoons here in Moab. The National Parks, Canyonlands and especially Arches are very crowded. Some people have been turned away

Jim

[QB93Z]

Day 16: Rafting on the Colorado River

The weather here in Moab is HOT. By afternoon it is above 90 degrees. We decided to take a raft trip to cool off and enjoy the fabulous mountain views. We selected Adrift Adventures to ride with. Adrift Adventures is highly rated and we were confident we would have a good experience.

We got suited up at their headquarters in Moab and boarded a bus to take us up-river to the Tower Falls region of the Colorado River:




From the put-in area we drifted down stream to the take out point just north of Moab. Along the way we enjoyed the beautiful scenery:







Jim