TR: Part II Onward to Glen Canyon, Black Canyon and CS
In case you missed Part 1 of our 2 week trip
Part I Clicky
We made it down the hair raising switch backs of the Burr trail
watch out for the resident Yeti at the bottom.
We headed south to check out Lake Powell
there is so much to check out you want to stop every mile or so, you could spend a week exploring just this area
we reached the viewpoint to Lake Powell and the Bullfrog marina
Wolfy II did great on the washboard roads it was Bretts Tooth that jiggled loose
some more amzaing scenery along the way: each layer represents how many years again?
we pulled into Stanton Creek Primitive campground.
and found a pretty sweet campsite, again we had the place to ourselves
It was about 70 degrees and the kids got right to work
perfect day
we hit the road on the 276 to the 95 and continued South/East totally out of the way towards our final destination in Colorado Springs
Decided to head down the Moki Dugway
set up camp at goosenecks state park
another geology lesson
and then a geography lesson
from four corners we headed into Durango and back to civilization and checked into a hotel to regroup and eat at some restaurants. I have been a hilton honors member for about 7 years and have never used my points. After 7 years of staying in Hilton hotels I had 85,000 points but it cost 35,000 points to stay at the hampton inn in Duragno!
to try and take the longest way possible we headed north on the 550 to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National park, since we brought all the snow gear we were hoping to encounter some of the white stuff
it was nice at first, but soon turned extreme and it started to snow harder and harder
no guard rails! lucky we had a lead blocker in front of us
Snow Storm Video Clicky
amazing town of Oury
and now we pause for this commercial break...
My new Torklift tie down system is the bomb, I love my fastguns, so easy to adjust when needed. I feel very safe with these things holding my camper on. I only wished I brought a rubber mallet to knock off all the ice! I must have added several hundered pounds of ice to my rig.
It pretty much snowed all the way to Black Canyon NP, the snow is a bit different on the feet than so cal beach sand. I still had my flip flops on and my DW went out barefoot for this pic. The kids were the smart ones and stayed in the truck
we scrambled to to get our winter gear and found the campground
we were the only ones in the campground and notice the sign "no fees in winter" :)
this is what all the other campsite looked like
it got down to 8 degrees and despite keeping the furnace at 70 degress and the wave 3 on high the entire time we still had the condensation freeze up
the thermal pane windows worked great, someone needs to invent thermal window frames, still trying to figure out how to handle the condenstaion issue with 4 people in an 8ft camper.
we lounged around in the snow for a few days burning about 2 gal of propane per day then headed east on the 50 to Colorado Springs for Thanksgiving
seeing this sign before Monarch Pass was a bit disturbing
all was well no avalanches
we made it into Colorado Springs depsite the major wind gusts for some family fun, horseback riding
Air Hocky, (don't let the name penny arcade fool you in Manitou Springs, Air Hocky cost $1)
and some hiking around the garden of the gods
It is crazy it took us over a week to get to CS but one day to drive home. We left CS at 6am and arrived home in SD about 11:30pm. What an epic trip! Can't wait for the next one :)
Nolan
Part I Clicky
We made it down the hair raising switch backs of the Burr trail
watch out for the resident Yeti at the bottom.
We headed south to check out Lake Powell
there is so much to check out you want to stop every mile or so, you could spend a week exploring just this area
we reached the viewpoint to Lake Powell and the Bullfrog marina
Wolfy II did great on the washboard roads it was Bretts Tooth that jiggled loose
some more amzaing scenery along the way: each layer represents how many years again?
we pulled into Stanton Creek Primitive campground.
and found a pretty sweet campsite, again we had the place to ourselves
It was about 70 degrees and the kids got right to work
perfect day
we hit the road on the 276 to the 95 and continued South/East totally out of the way towards our final destination in Colorado Springs
Decided to head down the Moki Dugway
set up camp at goosenecks state park
another geology lesson
and then a geography lesson
from four corners we headed into Durango and back to civilization and checked into a hotel to regroup and eat at some restaurants. I have been a hilton honors member for about 7 years and have never used my points. After 7 years of staying in Hilton hotels I had 85,000 points but it cost 35,000 points to stay at the hampton inn in Duragno!
to try and take the longest way possible we headed north on the 550 to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National park, since we brought all the snow gear we were hoping to encounter some of the white stuff
it was nice at first, but soon turned extreme and it started to snow harder and harder
no guard rails! lucky we had a lead blocker in front of us
Snow Storm Video Clicky
amazing town of Oury
and now we pause for this commercial break...
My new Torklift tie down system is the bomb, I love my fastguns, so easy to adjust when needed. I feel very safe with these things holding my camper on. I only wished I brought a rubber mallet to knock off all the ice! I must have added several hundered pounds of ice to my rig.
It pretty much snowed all the way to Black Canyon NP, the snow is a bit different on the feet than so cal beach sand. I still had my flip flops on and my DW went out barefoot for this pic. The kids were the smart ones and stayed in the truck
we scrambled to to get our winter gear and found the campground
we were the only ones in the campground and notice the sign "no fees in winter" :)
this is what all the other campsite looked like
it got down to 8 degrees and despite keeping the furnace at 70 degress and the wave 3 on high the entire time we still had the condensation freeze up
the thermal pane windows worked great, someone needs to invent thermal window frames, still trying to figure out how to handle the condenstaion issue with 4 people in an 8ft camper.
we lounged around in the snow for a few days burning about 2 gal of propane per day then headed east on the 50 to Colorado Springs for Thanksgiving
seeing this sign before Monarch Pass was a bit disturbing
all was well no avalanches
we made it into Colorado Springs depsite the major wind gusts for some family fun, horseback riding
Air Hocky, (don't let the name penny arcade fool you in Manitou Springs, Air Hocky cost $1)
and some hiking around the garden of the gods
It is crazy it took us over a week to get to CS but one day to drive home. We left CS at 6am and arrived home in SD about 11:30pm. What an epic trip! Can't wait for the next one :)
Nolan
