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hkpierce
08-18-2010, 01:49 AM
From my latest Scouting HA:
Dinosaur National Monument (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:HandleLink%28%27cpe_0_0%27,%27CPNEWWIN:NewWin dow%5Etop=10,left=10,width=500,height=400,toolbar= 1,location=1,directories=0,status=1,menubar=1,scro llbars=1,resizable=1@CP___PAGEID=320210,/dino/planyourvisit/upload/DINOmap1new.pdf%27%29;)
I saw a Sprinter heading the opposite direction. I am heading down one of many switchbacks on Echo Park Road:
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Into Echo Canyon:
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hkpierce
08-18-2010, 01:52 AM
Old style camper located at the homestead at Pool Creek on Echo Park Road:
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Famous Steam Boat Rock, confluence of the Green and Yampa Rivers and location of the Echo Park Campground (http://www.nps.gov/dino/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm#CP_JUMP_355632):
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Your Federal highway tax dollars at work on the Yampa Bench Road:

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hkpierce
08-18-2010, 01:55 AM
I am not the only one on the Yampa Bench Road:
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Mustangs from the sliding door:
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Heading out of the canyon:
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Approximately 40 miles at about 10 mph, hardly ever out of 2nd gear.

kkanuck
08-18-2010, 03:47 AM
I would have to say, you are in the middle of nowhere!:idunno:

blackheart
08-19-2010, 07:54 PM
red dirt and sand

AZ:professor:

hkpierce
08-20-2010, 11:44 PM
Harding Hole Overlook, looking at the Yampa River
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glasseye
08-21-2010, 12:32 AM
At the risk of using an overused exclamation: AWESOME!:rad:

You're definitely out in the wild, there. Thanks for sharing those adventures.