Monument Valley Utah
Any places to boondock close to the area?
Forum Discussion
Gary,
First off ... I hope your leg mends quickly and that while it's healing ... you can still drive your rig a bit!
Regarding the two videos you posted links to earlier in this thread:
In the first Moki Dugway video, I guess the guy was towing something ... I don't think that the video showed the rig? It appears that our short Class C COULD EASILY go up/down this (assuming the DW would not die from it, as a passenger) if and only if we met no one coming at us along much of the way, as our slide-less rig is 101 inches wide ... which can be a problem at times. BTW #1 - (IMHO) I could have done without the music playing in that guy's cab ... we go along roads like that in media-silence so we can hear Mother Nature and/or hear if things are breaking on the rig! BTW #2, that "Dugway" is nothing like the Dugway Proving Grounds out in the middle of the real nowhere in Utah where we tested munitions while I was in the AF.
In the 2nd Valley of the Gods video, it looks like a relative piece of cake to me ... if and only if one goes slow enough in a small Class C (so you don't high-center hang up) ... and if one doesn't try to travel it when it's wet. The rig in the VOG video appeared to be, as usual, going TOO FAST off-pavement for me. From what I could see in the VOG video, we do travel roads like that rockhounding. We almost went on the VOG loop during our last trip in Utah.
The worst off-pavement we have traveled seemed way worse than that in the VOG video ... we took the lower valley floor "not recommended for RVs" road in Monument Valley where normally only the tribal tourist jitneys go. The secrets for traveling that road in our short Class C were to go slow, steer carefully so as to take maximum advantage of our E450's wide rear dually stance along the ruts and side-ways tipped road surface, and cross the dry flash flood washouts at an angle so as to eliminate any chance of tail dragging. It was a real hoot being way out there in a dust free, air conditioned Class C (with a restroom) right in the middle of beautiful scenery, picture taking and buying native jewelry right from the person who made it.
First off ... I hope your leg mends quickly and that while it's healing ... you can still drive your rig a bit!
Regarding the two videos you posted links to earlier in this thread:
In the first Moki Dugway video, I guess the guy was towing something ... I don't think that the video showed the rig? It appears that our short Class C COULD EASILY go up/down this (assuming the DW would not die from it, as a passenger) if and only if we met no one coming at us along much of the way, as our slide-less rig is 101 inches wide ... which can be a problem at times. BTW #1 - (IMHO) I could have done without the music playing in that guy's cab ... we go along roads like that in media-silence so we can hear Mother Nature and/or hear if things are breaking on the rig! BTW #2, that "Dugway" is nothing like the Dugway Proving Grounds out in the middle of the real nowhere in Utah where we tested munitions while I was in the AF.
In the 2nd Valley of the Gods video, it looks like a relative piece of cake to me ... if and only if one goes slow enough in a small Class C (so you don't high-center hang up) ... and if one doesn't try to travel it when it's wet. The rig in the VOG video appeared to be, as usual, going TOO FAST off-pavement for me. From what I could see in the VOG video, we do travel roads like that rockhounding. We almost went on the VOG loop during our last trip in Utah.
The worst off-pavement we have traveled seemed way worse than that in the VOG video ... we took the lower valley floor "not recommended for RVs" road in Monument Valley where normally only the tribal tourist jitneys go. The secrets for traveling that road in our short Class C were to go slow, steer carefully so as to take maximum advantage of our E450's wide rear dually stance along the ruts and side-ways tipped road surface, and cross the dry flash flood washouts at an angle so as to eliminate any chance of tail dragging. It was a real hoot being way out there in a dust free, air conditioned Class C (with a restroom) right in the middle of beautiful scenery, picture taking and buying native jewelry right from the person who made it.
