WOW – WOW – WOW.
I now have new ride that is in my top 3 I have done so far. New Zealand’s Mount Cook and surrounding areas is one, The Glacier Highway near Jasper in British Columbia is one and NOW – the ride from Hurricane, UT to Blanding, UT via Zion, Bryce and Lake Powell Ferry at BullFrog. Of this 400 miles, the ride to Bullfrog was a highlight for sure with about 25 miles of gravel and some real canyons and switchbacks forever. Lots and lots of redrock (some photos attached) and even some cliff dwellings along the way.
We had a great lunch at a little café in the middle of nowhere and then took off on the road to Bullfrog so that we could make the ferry in time as it only runs every other hour. We wanted to catch the 3:00 and we rolled in at what we thought was about 2:15 – well, we forgot to change our watches from CA time so we actually rolled in at 3:15 and just missed it. So we went and found a shady spot overlooking the lake. I stripped down and went for a swim and then went back to our little picnic area and took a nap on the picnic table.
We caught the 5:00 Ferry and arrived across the lake about 5:35 and then motored about 90 miles to where we found an older hotel to spend the night. We are setting in one of two restaurants in town (a suedo steak house with one waitress for 30 people – and NO BEER as it is a dry town). I don’t often want a beer but after the warm dry ride today – a beer would sure taste GREAT!
Overall, the temps were a little cooler today running mainly in the mid 90’s and only touching 100 a couple of times. Still warm, but since we were at about 7000 feet most of the day – it was much nicer than yesterday.
I have attached some photos and hope they show up OK.
Steve
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