It's a long two day drive from Washington to the Kane Gulch Ranger Station. Ours was a little longer as we made a detour to a Chevron station in Rainer, Oregon so Shelby could get some surplus 50cal ammo. We got in very late to our usual stop, the Marble Motel in Tremonton, Utah, but they were very good about getting us in our room after hours.
On our 2nd day, Shelby & I met up with Mike and his daughter Madison at the Salt Lake REI, where we picked up last minute supplies and Shelby bought a Big Agnes Copper Spur UL 3 man mtnGLO Tent (3lbs 12oz) for Fred & Cindy to use on the trip.
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Troop 24 Kickass Trekkers Backpacking Trip
-Cascade Bill Mooseker
Date(s): May 6-7, 2017. Album by Cascade Bill. 1 - 35 of 35 Total. 531 Visits.
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enlarge 97KB, 1024x768 2 2016-05-07 12-35-24 - mike DSCF4199 View from backseat of Shelby's truck along I-70 with the San Rafael Swell ahead.
enlarge 85KB, 768x1024 3 2016-05-07 11-58-06 - madison IMG 6387 Mike Stong along Hwy 24 heading to Hanksville.
enlarge 66KB, 1024x768 4 2016-05-07 11-49-56 - mike DSCF4198 Madison
enlarge 76KB, 768x1024 5 2016-05-07 13-00-52 - madison IMG 6390 This is one of the interesting rock formations along Hwy 24 outside of Hanksville.
enlarge 74KB, 768x1024 6 2016-05-07 13-01-02 - madison IMG 6391 Mike enjoying the scenery.
enlarge 117KB, 1024x768 7 2016-05-07 13-17-02 - madison IMG 6393 Per tradition, we stop at Blondie's in Hanksville for lunch.
enlarge 127KB, 1024x768 8 2016-05-07 13-17-24 - madison IMG 6396 Madison at the Blondie's sign.
enlarge 120KB, 1024x768 10 2016-05-07 13-44-46 - mike DSCF4204 Bill enjoying his milk shake (great by the way) in a booth at Blondie's. The gift shop part has shrunk over the years.
enlarge 113KB, 1024x768 11 2016-05-07 13-55-42 - mike DSCF4205 Shelby & Madison (and Shelby's truck). Across the way between the motel and the closed gas station is where we stopped the first couple of trips to Utah (2000 & 2001), Stan's Restaurant. There is a Stan's Burger Bar in the Chevron station up the road but we've never gone there. In 2015, there was a man with a Stan's tee shirt on ordering a Blondie's burger!
enlarge 126KB, 1024x768 13 2016-05-07 14-46-10 - mike DSCF4209 Taking Hwy 95 out of Hanksville, we made a stop at the Hite overlook.
enlarge 85KB, 1152x501 14 2016-05-07 14-46-12 - bill DSC01302 Panoramic shot from the Hite overlook - This used to be Lake Powell, but because of a long drought it is now just the Colorado River.
enlarge 125KB, 1024x768 15 2016-05-07 14-46-24 - mike DSCF4211 Madison getting a photo
enlarge 104KB, 1024x768 16 2016-05-07 14-46-32 - bill DSC01303 Colorado River post drought. This is what it looked like when there was water in the lake.
enlarge 117KB, 1024x768 17 2016-05-07 14-46-40 - mike DSCF4213 Taking in the view
enlarge 108KB, 1024x768 18 2016-05-07 14-46-46 - bill DSC01304 Shelby - that strip on the opposite side is the "boat launch" at the Hite Marine.
enlarge 56.08MB, 1152x648 Download MPEG4 19 2016 ut gp may 7 001a.mp4 VIDEO - Click Photo to View. Video from the Hite overlook.
enlarge 118KB, 768x1024 20 2016-05-07 14-47-04 - madison IMG 6409 Mike at the overlook
enlarge 109KB, 1024x768 21 2016-05-07 14-47-54 - mike DSCF4215 Madison
enlarge 100KB, 1024x768 22 2016-05-07 14-48-06 - mike DSCF4216 Shelby
enlarge 110KB, 1024x768 23 2016-05-07 14-48-32 - mike DSCF4218 Bill - the Hwy 95 bridge over the Colorado.
enlarge 96KB, 1024x768 24 2016-05-07 14-51-02 - bill DSC01310 View looking up the Colorado River. You can see Hwy 95 curving around the Mesa bottom on the left.
enlarge 104KB, 1024x768 25 2016-05-07 14-52-34 - bill DSC01312 Looking down the Colorado River
enlarge 148KB, 1024x768 26 2016-05-07 14-52-46 - mike DSCF4219 View of the Bridge over the Colorado.
enlarge 136KB, 1024x768 27 2016-05-07 14-53-54 - mike DSCF4222 We walked out the promontory from the overlook and got this shot looking back at Shelby's truck.
enlarge 143KB, 768x1024 28 2016-05-07 16-36-18 - madison IMG 6415 We camped at Todie Flats close the the Todie Canyon trailhead (Same as in 2015). Madison is trying out her new backpacking gear.
enlarge 168KB, 768x1024 29 2016-05-07 16-36-20 - madison IMG 6416 Madison with a full pack.
enlarge 128KB, 768x1024 30 2016-05-07 16-36-36 - madison IMG 6423 Mike & Madison.
enlarge 92KB, 1024x768 31 2016-05-07 18-08-16 - bill DSC01313 I walked out the trail on the rim of Todie.
enlarge 170KB, 1024x768 32 2016-05-07 18-11-20 - bill DSC01315 Looking back up Todie Canyon.
enlarge 135KB, 1024x768 33 2016-05-07 18-36-38 - mike DSCF4227 Shelby had some firewood in the back of his truck so we had a nice campfire on the Mesa top.
enlarge 130KB, 1024x768 34 2016-05-07 18-36-52 - mike DSCF4229 No marshmallows though.
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