Thoughts of Valley of the Gods and Goosenecks SP
We did a drive thru of Valley of the Gods a few days ago. Boy has it changed, last couple of times we went thru there were maybe one or two campers, this time I lost track at 25. Many camped as close to the road as possible. Maybe newbie boondockers still worried about security. Still room for more tho.
The road from the south was moderately washboarded and rough, not a real problem tho. But about half way thru you will hit a deep down and up gully that I would not try to take my TT thru because of the approach angle and bottoming out. From that point on we ran into a series of other gullies maybe not as deep but we did encounter a p/u pulling a long horse trailer that was dragging bottom, thru one gully. The two women did finally manage to pull the trailer thru.
So I suggest coming in from the south and probably a good idea to scout the road out before taking a TT or large camper thru.
Goosenecks SP has undergone it's own transformation, they have added a check in shack with one rather disheveled Ranger. He said the addition was made 3 years ago, $5 entry. There were a number of campers too, last time none. Ranger said it is the smallest Utah State Park.
The Moki Dugway was the same but it seemed as if there is a lot of traffic.
There is no doubt that there is a flood of boondockers this year. We camped in a spot that was 60 miles from Blanding and maybe 40 miles from Bluff UT and that includes the Moki Dugway. That has a four mile washboarded dirt road running in to it at the end. And there were lots of people coming and going for the three days we were there.
The road from the south was moderately washboarded and rough, not a real problem tho. But about half way thru you will hit a deep down and up gully that I would not try to take my TT thru because of the approach angle and bottoming out. From that point on we ran into a series of other gullies maybe not as deep but we did encounter a p/u pulling a long horse trailer that was dragging bottom, thru one gully. The two women did finally manage to pull the trailer thru.
So I suggest coming in from the south and probably a good idea to scout the road out before taking a TT or large camper thru.
Goosenecks SP has undergone it's own transformation, they have added a check in shack with one rather disheveled Ranger. He said the addition was made 3 years ago, $5 entry. There were a number of campers too, last time none. Ranger said it is the smallest Utah State Park.
The Moki Dugway was the same but it seemed as if there is a lot of traffic.
There is no doubt that there is a flood of boondockers this year. We camped in a spot that was 60 miles from Blanding and maybe 40 miles from Bluff UT and that includes the Moki Dugway. That has a four mile washboarded dirt road running in to it at the end. And there were lots of people coming and going for the three days we were there.
