20 Buck Bunch

When: Friday, 18th - Monday, 21st
Where: San Rafael Swell Temple Mountain region
Who:
Red Jeep was Robert, Terese, Ruth, Theora
Green Jeep was Randy, Barb, David, Lexi (David's friend)
Grey Land Cruiser was Jack Christensen
White LX450 (Land Cruiser) was Landon and Jean
White Land Cruiser was Tobin, Ryan, Gage, Xander

More write-up to come...

I like to try keeping my photos in order, but I also like to start out with a good group photo too and Sunday church usually makes for a good group photo, so here we go...






We woke up to snow the first morning. Here David and Lexi were showing Gage and Xander their toys.


Gage loves throwing snowballs at his Uncle Ryan.


Notice the 50 foot long antennas making the same bend.


Ryan's good photography on the next few. Thanks Ryan.








Grandpa ran into some trouble with all the thick mud. We ended up hooking his winch to Randy who was up ahead.


Randy lined up ready for the winch cable.

I believe this is when Randy and I went forward to look around and Landon, Jack, and Robert decided to start turning around.




Randy and I stopped to check out an old mining area. This was taken right before Robert pulled up.




The group that took the "short cut" back to camp ran into this fun mining area.


Ruth wondering what Gage was up to as Theora steps into the old miner's house.

As we kept poking around the old house, we were lucky enough to hit the jackpot with this mine entrance.


David was a little hesitant at first about heading into the abyss below.

I am thinking sometime around the month of July will be a good time to come back here in hopes that the water will no longer be there. This is where we stopped and the water started. We believe that the black tar-like goo is bat droppings.


Heading out.










On this day it was rare for the sun to pop out so we all stopped and tried snapping some quick photos.


Randy being a tough guy wearing shorts the entire trip while I didn't take off my thermals and long pants the entire trip.

Grandma and the boys by the fire Saturday night. I wish this picture turned out better.


20BB invades Hollow Mountain in Hanksville Sunday morning as we top off for another day of adventure. Jack makes his way towards the Chevron to take advantage of his Chevron card. Ryan found out that some know dentists as far as Castle Dale and some don't know any dentists at all. Hanksville at Wikipedia


The line-up as we decide which direction to attack from on this beautiful day.




Notice the small holes in the side of the mountain.


These were calling my name! Not only were they closed off with bars, but the roads seem to have disappeared around them.








Overlooking the cliff we noticed this neat old miner's house which we will later drive down too. Notice the blue water containers.

Stay tuned for more pictures soon to come...