The great west.

[dennishoddy]

We just got back Friday from a 10 day tour of the west. No reservations, no schedule.
Drove to Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Aztec NM where we met friends that live in Aztec. Visited Telluride, Ouray, and Silverton.
Went back to Aztec, loaded up their boat and went to Lake Powell Utah for a couple days, then on to Moab Ut, to Arches National Park.
Lots of rocks up there. Not much dirt or trees.
Back to Aztec, then to Taos for a spell and home.

 

[Burk Cornelius]

Very cool, brother

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[sedona]

Very nice. I was in Durango,Silverton and Pagosa springs the last 2 weeks.Should have waited till later in the summer so I would appreciate the nice weather Colorado has to offer.

 

[dennishoddy]

They have floating flush toilets on Lake Powell!

Caves to get out of the sun.

Only accessible by boat on Lake Powell, or hiking with a permit from the National Park Service. Considered a sacred place by the Navaho. You can’t walk under or climb over.

 

[dennishoddy]

 

[DavidMcmillan]

Looks like a great trip! Thank you for sharing your pics.

 

[dennishoddy]

3 guys climbed this rock. Two are in the crevasse to the top right.

 

[MacFromOK]

Sounds like a great trip, Dennis. Congrats!

 

[Cohiba]

There's just something about the "West" that has always intrigued me. From the first time I remember going to visit relatives in the Cortez-Durango-Telluride, Colo.. to visiting friends in Gallup, NM...Flagstaff, Az...Las Vegas,NV...to relatives in Southern California. The West changed me.....for the positive. So much so, that I'm 99.999% sure my ashes will be scattered in Vegas.

Gotta love the West...


Cortez


Flagstaff



Just right outside Vegas...
NW of Vegas


NE of Vegas




West of Vegas




Can't forget...

 

[dennishoddy]

Great Pics Cohiba! I'm making it a mission to get back out there with my ATV's. There is so much public land out there for riding access that its unbelievable.
We talked to two guys in their late 50's near Moab that had been riding the trails for over 200 miles over a period of three days. They had several fuel containers and camping gear on their ATV's.
Our friends that we boated with on Powell have ATV's and a Jeep with a 12,000 lb winch and rock undergear for trails. Unfortunately for us, they are leaving for a 4 month tour of Alaska in their RV in two weeks. and it will be snowfall on the trails before they get back, so it looks like next year for the trails.
I looked up Terry Millers Location when we were in Utah, but it was 4 hours from us.