When we drove into Utah for Mount Zion a few years ago, it was 110 damn degrees every day in town!
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When we drove into Utah for Mount Zion a few years ago, it was 110 damn degrees every day in town!
"There are no finger prints under water."
Moab is a tourist zoo right now. Otherwise a fun drive.
Isn't the Easter Jeep Safari coming up soon?
"There are no finger prints under water."
Done it many times, it's not bad but filling up when you can is a good call.Originally Posted by hurley842002
That said, I very much enjoy taking 285 to 50 to 550 (to 60 and 145 beyond that if I remember right). It's a fantastic drive, I used to visit a girl in flagstaff every few months and I miss that drive more than her for sure.
e:Though my route doesn't take you through Moab so if you're loving that idea, definitely ignore me.
Last edited by waffles; 03-22-2018 at 21:22.
EJS starts on Saturday I do believe.
And the Burning Man festival too I think.
We make that trip every year, and it's a fairly quick, efficient and very scenic drive. The roads have been improved quite a bit over the past few years with new pavement, wider road and more passing lanes. Leaving from the Front Range we'll gas in GJ, then Bluff. Sometimes we'll gas in Moab, then in Kayenta or Tuba City. Beware that Monticello is a speed trap town, and to a lesser extent so is Blanding. I've never gotten stopped in UT, but Monticello preys on tourists big time as you will see. It's dirty business. Don't drive 3 over. We never stop or purchase anything in Monticello as a result.
For some years we've gone to Sedona for a festival and a research project so we drive through Oak Creek Canyon. It's a gem of a habitat and a great drive. Let the speedsters pass and take time at spots along the way. Camping is great there but you will need to reserve in advance.
The road to Sedona from the I-17 exit just south of Flagstaff is getting a major rebuild to the upper end of Oak Creek Canyon. Check on it's status as it might be closed at night for construction. It should be finished before summer. Of course, you really want to see Oak Creek Canyon during daylight. Oak Creek may not seem so different from many Colorado mountain canyons but in the Arizona context it's pretty special. Watch for elk along this route, we see them almost every time through there. There are deer too, and javelinas lower in Oak Creek.
Prior to that we would go to Scottsdale & Mesa, and on to Patagonia via 191 through Chinle and Ganado to Holbrook and Payson. It's shorter and less trafficked if you're going to the east end of the PHX area.
Last edited by Hummer; 03-22-2018 at 23:43.
We went that way last summer on the bikes. The road was pretty well non existent for miles and miles (it was torn out for reconstruction) and was just dirt and rocks. Kind of reminded me of the trail up to Yankee Doodle lake. It had been raining so it was mostly slick and muddy with scattered large rocks and various off-camber sections. Navigating at crawling speeds in bumper to bumper traffic on a touring bike was quite the adventure.
It was a beautiful ride once we got past the construction and Sedona was nice.
Yea, we went through in late July and it was a real mess. They tore out the decent two lane meandering road to build what I think will be a wide three or four lane.
I first camped and rode through Oak Creek Canyon on my R100RS in 1978, and later in 1979 on my way back from a 3 month tour to Alaska and back. Oak Creek is one of those special rides like along the Peak to Peak and over Trail Ridge, the road from Banff to Jasper, the ride from Turnagain Arm to Homer, from Fairbanks to Circle City, to Wonder Lake in Denali, and a few others.
Small world. It was late July when we were there. Heck, we might have been following you.
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