Summer of Trail Magic....and the Final Post



Angel

After our grand trip to Utah, we came back home, gathered up our dog Angel, and headed down to California for some real trail angeling for other PCT hikers. We always have a blast doing this, but have never done it outside of Oregon. We were headed to Lake Tahoe, as a lot of our friends were probably going to be in that area right about then, the 2nd week in July. Gummi Bear (Anne) was also interested in helping us, and as she was off the trail by this time and still hanging around central California waiting for a flight back to Norway, we welcomed her help. She was never able to get out to help us though. We missed you Gummi Bear!

Signs, Signs, Everywhere are Signs

All along the whole road trip, we came across a wide variety of animal crossing signs. Each time we saw one, we kept our eyes peeled for the animal that was depicted. We either wanted to see one, or we wanted to avoid hitting one. Either way, these signs would keep us alert. 

Canyonlands-4Wheeling

 Canyonlands! Wow, what a totally different experience! Located just a few miles from Arches and Moab, we descended down into a totally new and unique adventure.



The Green River in Canyonlands
 

Mark heard from a friend (Roger our resupply person) that there was a very scary road down in Canyonlands, and he had to check this road out. Mark said that Roger called this road the Knifes Edge, and that section of road became our mission to find. Arriving at the visitors center, our first question to the ranger was, "Where's the Knife's edge?" His reply was that there is a place down in the canyon that some people might call the knife's edge, but it isn't generally called that. That sounded good enough for us, after all, if some people called it that, it must be the place we were looking for.

Capitol Reef and Arches National Parks



Mid morning, after getting some rest and feeling somewhat refreshed, we broke camp and headed for the national parks. First on the agenda: Capitol Reef National Park. The description on our ipad indicated that this park has rock formations that resemble the nations capitol buildings. Huh. Didn't see those. I think we missed the loop to drive out and see those particular formations.

A Break From the Desert

Now back to our road trip! Finally!

 



A pretty little flower in the middle of our campsite

As we got into Loa, Utah, we were curious about camping opportunities among trees, considering that we were growing a little bored of the desert. We needed a time out. The hotel keeper knew about what he said was a great lake area just above Loa, called the Fish Lake area. The pictures looked great, and they claim that this is home to the biggest Quaking Aspen groves in the world.