In this episode, we force our bodies through cracks in the ground in places like Buckskin Gulch and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, send the Bobs down tough roads, and struggle with some big questions about land use. After 35 days in canyon country, after enjoying endless canyons, gorgeous dispersed camping spots, carefully timed resupply runs, and achieving furnace temperature perfection, we finally feel like we have hit our stride with road life – just in time to pause for a few weeks.
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Photos from this episode:
Biking the last mile
Day 2’s ominous clouds
The wash road
Paria River
Paria River
Muddy Bobs
The first wet river crossing
Water!
Buckskin Gulch
Buckskin Gulch
Buckskin Gulch
Buckskin Gulch
Buckskin Gulch
Buckskin Gulch
Buckskin Gulch
Buckskin Gulch
Warnings that people disregard!
Wire Pass Canyon
Buckskin Gulch
The ladder from Wire Pass Canyon
Buckskin Gulch
Buckskin Gulch – where we turned around
Buckskin Gulch
Buckskin Gulch
An insurmountable obstacle
High water line in Wire Pass Canyon
The quicksand!
Colorful mud
Cottonwood Canyon
A giant dryfall
Cottonwood Canyon
Cottonwood Canyon
Cottonwood Canyon Road
Cottonwood Canyon Road
Camping with a view of Bryce Canyon
Rock Springs Canyon
Paria River
A Moqui marble
Camping off Spencer Flats Road
View over Hole in the Rock Road valley
Red Breaks
I like Red Breaks
Red Breaks trail
Red Breaks trail
Red Breaks
Escalante town from the Mail Trail
The Mail Trail
The Mail Trail
The Mail Trail
Escalante River Canyon
Quiche at Kiva Koffeehouse
View from Kiva Koffeehouse in 2018
The Escalante River’s flow of yellow leaves
Escalante River
Escalante River
Hell’s Backbone Grill
Hell’s Backbone Grill
Hell’s Backbone Grill
Burr Trail Coffeehouse in 2019
Burr Trail Grill in 2019
Brr
2021 in 39er Canyon (same gear!)
2020 in 39er Canyon
The road to 39er Canyon
Petrified wood
The petrified wood cliff
The petrified wood
Emigrant Sping
Smoothing out the edges
The tracks finally get some use!
Southern part of Capitol Reef NP
Southern part of Capitol Reef NP
This part of the road was gone
Leprechaun Canyon
Leprechaun Canyon
Typical…
Our last night in the Bobs for awhile
Our last night in the Bobs for awhile
Highway 12 from 2018
Highway 12 from 2018
Lower Calf Creek Falls from 2019
