Dirt-Roading - May 22, 2010

Jessi, James and The Outlaw on an adventure.

Last year, James and a bunch of the Glen Price boys and Shumans went exploring in the rain up Millville Canyon (May 2, 2009).  I stayed for Kelley's bridal shower.  Which was fun, but I really, really wanted to go exploring too.

This spring, Uncle Glen let me plan an adventure!  I was hoping for Millville Canyon and a stop by Old Ephraim's Grave.  Only Uncle Glen and Craig could come and Craig's vehicle had to stay behind (leaky windshield), so we all loaded into The Outlaw and Uncle Glen's truck and headed off to Logan.

We stopped in Logan long enough to visit with Tammy and Brett and wander to a Farmer's Market in a nearby park.  Luckily it only sprinkled while we were there!  Tammy and Brett became parents the very next day! (Kyrie Violet - May 23 - 9:04 p.m. - 7 lb 9 oz - 19 in)

Here are James and Craig on the street next to Brett and Tammy's place - what a view!

We tried to get to Old Ephraim's grave by driving up Logan Canyon and the Right Hand Fork Road - still "Closed for the Season".  So we tried the Temple Fork Road - still "Closed for the Season".  We drove all the way back down Logan Canyon to try Millville Canyon - still "Closed for the Season".  It was tempting to give up - three strikes already!

Finally, we drove up Blacksmith Fork Canyon - the road up to Old Ephraim's grave from there was still "Closed for the Season", but we were finally able to find a long stretch of dirt road, complete with puddles for exploring.  Yay! A Challenge!

The main attraction along the way is called the Grey Cliff Springs.  So pretty and green, and there were some pretty nice sized fish in the creek.  Too bad I couldn't get far enough away to include the grey cliffs above. 

The End of Our Road - Craig said he and Justin have driven up through this crazy pile of rocks.  Very slowly and with spotters. (It is steeper than it looks and the rocks are huge and not well spaced.)

 

James did take The Outlaw up a little way for a test, but it was tricky!  Finally, we decided to back down and turn around and drive back through the fantastic puddles.

Uncle Glen in his fantastic Ford...

There were a couple of really nice size boulders on the edge of the road.  On our way in, we just maneuvered around them.  On the way back, Uncle Glen and Craig decided to get out the tow strap and drag the rocks off the road.  This one was stubborn and didn't want to go over the edge.

When they got to a nearby tree, they used it to help drag that rock off the road.  Saving the road, one rock at a time! (The tow strap was a little worse for the wear).

What a glorious day!

So Dirty!  Some puddles were so fun, we went through them twice!

Washing The Outlaw at the end of the day.  Thank you, Thank you, Thank you G&G for letting us stay overnight, for feeding us breakfast and dinner and for letting us use your car washing stuff. 

We're looking forward to the next Grand Adventure! (I will make it out to Old Ephraim's grave, sometime...)