Janss wrote:
Sorry to be confusing Busskipper. Thank you for your reply. I was originally planning to go to Flaming Gorge last summer, but didn't. Would have driven from home (Sedona) straight there via Salt Lake City over I-80 and into Manila. Stay at Manila KOA or Lucerne as you mentioned.
But now we might first go to our relative's land which is actually near Stagecoach SP. So wanted to know about 131.
After that stay, then on to FG. Was a little leery about driving 191 up from Vernal and especially about 44 over to the west side. I have driven all over the West...Oregon Coast, Wolf Creek Pass, etc. But still not crazy about switchbacks and cliffs and such. Anyway, so I wanted to know about that route off of 40...318/1364...that ends up at 191 north of Dutch John.
Hope that clarifies things :)
Sort of added up - but when you threw Sedona and Manila in - just was not on the local map :)
We've driven RT 44 a number of times and last year we were having Alternator problems which caused all sorts of additional issues - made it to Vernal and got lucky with a great service shop - so good that latter when we had issues with the Turbo I did a 500 detour to return to have it worked on and Repaired - Good Shop -
https://www.cjs-diesel.com/ - took care of everything and still had money in my Pocket. :)
RT 44 is honestly a Beautiful Drive - as I've always taken it I cannot comment on RT 191 around to the East as the only time I took it was like 40 years ago - :S
Stagecoach is a Great stop and the entire area is pretty Neat, Sounds like a great Trip.
Best of Luck,
