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Tobin's Halloween 2010 trip report

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:16 pm
by Tobin
Thank you for the great trip everyone! I really appreciated everybody's help with the boys, and the quick pack up job Sunday morning. Also, thanks for humoring us with the trick-or-treating Saturday night.

I love the San Rafael Swell area!

More pictures and write-up soon to come...

Re: Tobin's Halloween 2010 trip report

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:16 am
by Tobin
Eagle Canyon Arch. Here we are looking at a couple different cameras. I wish I worked a little harder at this camera angle and stood back a bit farther. Hopefully Jack got a better shot.
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Rod's Valley kitchen.
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Dutchman Arch parking lot.
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Parking at the Lone Warrior pictograph panel.
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Jack's beautiful 80 series Land Cruiser.
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Grandpa showing Gage a pictograph.
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Me and the boys in front of Swasey's cabin.
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The nice Swasey parking lot.
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Heading under I-70.
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Chuck cruisin' ahead of the group.
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And parked. We were so close to our destination and had to turn around. No way to bypass this one.
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Road was way to bad to fill in. We were so close to our destination and had to turn around. No way to bypass this one.
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Jack spotting Grandpa since this section was a little more off camber than it looks.
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Chuck spotting Jack since this section was a little more off camber than it looks.
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Tomsich Butte - The abandoned Dirty Devil uranium mines at Tomsich Butte were started by W.J. Hanret and John Tomsich in 1951.
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Tomsich Butte - The abandoned Dirty Devil uranium mines at Tomsich Butte were started by W.J. Hanret and John Tomsich in 1951.
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Tomsich Butte - The abandoned Dirty Devil uranium mines at Tomsich Butte were started by W.J. Hanret and John Tomsich in 1951.
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Re: Tobin's Halloween 2010 trip report

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:34 pm
by Tobin
Me and the boys at Lone Warrior pictograph panel.
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Carolyn coming around the corner.
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Re: Tobin's Halloween 2010 trip report

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 4:46 pm
by Colton
Dang I wish I could have come man! Those pictures are pretty sweet. I would have loved to explore some of those mines. Did any of them go deep at all?

Re: Tobin's Halloween 2010 trip report

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:20 pm
by Tobin
Colton wrote:Dang I wish I could have come man! Those pictures are pretty sweet. I would have loved to explore some of those mines. Did any of them go deep at all?
Yeah, some of them went deep. We didn't get real deep in the majority we saw though. For the most part we went through each site quickly, looked up at the beautiful holes and old equipment, and left. It killed me, but I understand that stuff is not for everyone. Especially with me being the one with 2 little kids. We did get back to the Lucky Strike Mine though! We barely went in anything there also.

I really think we need to get down there and setup camp right in the town to really get a fill of that place. I wish we could do it before your mission.

I will post some more photos soon.

Re: Tobin's Halloween 2010 trip report

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:57 pm
by Tobin
Robert's Rubicon.
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Line at the turn-a-round point.
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