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Following our plan of hiking one day and off-roading the next, we headed toward Escalante, Utah to drive the Hole In The Rock Trail and see Lake Powell at the southern end in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. This is almost entirely BLM land and is a nice way to spend
the day. You get the feeling of the vastness of the area when going
thru it. It just feels big.
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Though quite a famous trail or road if you will, it is not a very
technical off-road route, with the possible exception of the last 10
miles or so. This road can be done in most pickups, 4x4 when it gets
wet is needed as it all turns to a muddy mess. It turned out to be a
great place to let the wife try her hand behind the wheel off-roading.
I drove out and let her drive back. So she got her first 58 miles
driving her Bronco on something other than pavement. She scared the
hell out of me, to be honest.
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This road was built by the Mormons and they actually carved this
existing narrow hole in the rock opening they found and traversed
carriages down to the bottom. The road portion ends here, but you can
hike the trail that eventually ends in Bluff, Utah where we stayed for
the second part of this trip.
One thing we saw that bothered us was a van parked out in an area which
we figured its occupants must be hiking. The window was knocked out
just behind the drivers door and you had to wonder if someone had broken
it to get in and steal things. We did see a couple boon-dockers at the beginning of the trail, but after a few miles it was only cattle. Not
many, just a few here and there.
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All in all, it was nice to have a relaxing day that ended early enough
for a steak on the grill, campfire, and a good nights rest. I would
need that as we had a much harder hike planned for the next day.
Though quite a famous trail or road if you will, it is not a very
technical off-road route, with the possible exception of the last 10
miles or so. This road can be done in most pickups, 4x4 when it gets
wet is needed as it all turns to a muddy mess. It turned out to be a
great place to let the wife try her hand behind the wheel off-roading.
I drove out and let her drive back. So she got her first 58 miles
driving her Bronco on something other than pavement. She scared the
hell out of me, to be honest.
Hah! BTDT.
On 5/6/2025 12:37 PM, George.Anthony wrote:
Though quite a famous trail or road if you will, it is not a very
technical off-road route, with the possible exception of the last 10
miles or so.-a This road can be done in most pickups, 4x4 when it gets
wet is needed as it all turns to a muddy mess.-a It turned out to be a
great place to let the wife try her hand behind the wheel off-roading.
I drove out and let her drive back.-a So she got her first 58 miles
driving her Bronco on something other than pavement.-a She scared the
hell out of me, to be honest.
Hah! BTDT.
Here's a video of the Hole in The Rock road with me helping the wife
learn how to handle the Bronco a little.
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gf9kcn2po4zl0qi56byll/IMG_9458.MOV?rlkey=iw2h2hsaqcqmqeslmdolh4t3f&dl=0>
On 5/6/2025 12:37 PM, George.Anthony wrote:
Though quite a famous trail or road if you will, it is not a
very technical off-road route, with the possible exception of
the last 10 miles or so. This road can be done in most
pickups, 4x4 when it gets wet is needed as it all turns to a
muddy mess. It turned out to be a great place to let the
wife try her hand behind the wheel off-roading. I drove out
and let her drive back. So she got her first 58 miles
driving her Bronco on something other than pavement. She
scared the hell out of me, to be honest.
Hah! BTDT.
Here's a video of the Hole in The Rock road with me helping the
wife learn how to handle the Bronco a little.
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gf9kcn2po4zl0qi56byll/IMG_9458.MOV?rlkey=iw2h2hsaqcqmqeslmdolh4t3f&dl=0>
Here's a video of the Hole in The Rock road with me helping the wifeHow have you got that camera mounted - or held? You and the Bronco are jumping around, but the landscape is steady
learn how to handle the Bronco a little.
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gf9kcn2po4zl0qi56byll/IMG_9458.MOV?
rlkey=iw2h2hsaqcqmqeslmdolh4t3f&dl=0>
as...........ummm........rocks. And your wife looks like she's driving OK.
On Sat, 10 May 2025 15:42:47 -0500,
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
On 5/6/2025 12:37 PM, George.Anthony wrote:
Though quite a famous trail or road if you will, it is not a
very technical off-road route, with the possible exception of
the last 10 miles or so. This road can be done in most
pickups, 4x4 when it gets wet is needed as it all turns to a
muddy mess. It turned out to be a great place to let the
wife try her hand behind the wheel off-roading. I drove out
and let her drive back. So she got her first 58 miles
driving her Bronco on something other than pavement. She
scared the hell out of me, to be honest.
Hah! BTDT.
Here's a video of the Hole in The Rock road with me helping the
wife learn how to handle the Bronco a little.
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gf9kcn2po4zl0qi56byll/IMG_9458.MOV?rlkey=iw2h2hsaqcqmqeslmdolh4t3f&dl=0>
Very interesting, thanks for posting it. FWIW, it didn't look any
more challenging than the road to Grosvenor Arch we drove (part
of) in my Acadia.
On 5/10/2025 3:58 PM, bfh wrote:
Here's a video of the Hole in The Rock road with me helping theHow have you got that camera mounted - or held? You and the Bronco
wife learn how to handle the Bronco a little.
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gf9kcn2po4zl0qi56byll/IMG_9458.MOV?
rlkey=iw2h2hsaqcqmqeslmdolh4t3f&dl=0>
are jumping around, but the landscape is steady
as...........ummm........rocks. And your wife looks like she's
driving OK.
Just holding it in my hand.-a It's probably rougher in real life than
it looks, but we made it out alive.
sticks wrote:
On 5/10/2025 3:58 PM, bfh wrote:Phone? Or something else?
Here's a video of the Hole in The Rock road with me helping the wifeHow have you got that camera mounted - or held? You and the Bronco
learn how to handle the Bronco a little.
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gf9kcn2po4zl0qi56byll/IMG_9458.MOV?
rlkey=iw2h2hsaqcqmqeslmdolh4t3f&dl=0>
are jumping around, but the landscape is steady
as...........ummm........rocks. And your wife looks like she's
driving OK.
Just holding it in my hand.-a It's probably rougher in real life than
it looks, but we made it out alive.
On 5/13/2025 10:58 AM, bfh wrote:
sticks wrote:
On 5/10/2025 3:58 PM, bfh wrote:Phone? Or something else?
Here's a video of the Hole in The Rock road with me helping theHow have you got that camera mounted - or held? You and the Bronco
wife learn how to handle the Bronco a little.
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gf9kcn2po4zl0qi56byll/IMG_9458.MOV? >>>>> rlkey=iw2h2hsaqcqmqeslmdolh4t3f&dl=0>
are jumping around, but the landscape is steady
as...........ummm........rocks. And your wife looks like she's
driving OK.
Just holding it in my hand.|e-a It's probably rougher in real life
than it looks, but we made it out alive.
iPhone 16
sticks wrote:
On 5/13/2025 10:58 AM, bfh wrote:I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around how the landscape stays stable while the Bronco - which you're riding in - moves around. I'm obviously missing something obvious.
sticks wrote:
On 5/10/2025 3:58 PM, bfh wrote:Phone? Or something else?
Here's a video of the Hole in The Rock road with me helping theHow have you got that camera mounted - or held? You and the Bronco
wife learn how to handle the Bronco a little.
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gf9kcn2po4zl0qi56byll/
IMG_9458.MOV? rlkey=iw2h2hsaqcqmqeslmdolh4t3f&dl=0>
are jumping around, but the landscape is steady
as...........ummm........rocks. And your wife looks like she's
driving OK.
Just holding it in my hand.|e-a It's probably rougher in real life
than it looks, but we made it out alive.
iPhone 16
On 5/13/2025 11:51 AM, bfh wrote:--
sticks wrote:
On 5/13/2025 10:58 AM, bfh wrote:I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around how the landscape
sticks wrote:
On 5/10/2025 3:58 PM, bfh wrote:Phone? Or something else?
Here's a video of the Hole in The Rock road with me helping the >>>>>>> wife learn how to handle the Bronco a little.How have you got that camera mounted - or held? You and the
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gf9kcn2po4zl0qi56byll/
IMG_9458.MOV? rlkey=iw2h2hsaqcqmqeslmdolh4t3f&dl=0>
Bronco are jumping around, but the landscape is steady
as...........ummm........rocks. And your wife looks like she's
driving OK.
Just holding it in my hand.|arCU|e-a It's probably rougher in real
life than it looks, but we made it out alive.
iPhone 16
stays stable while the Bronco - which you're riding in - moves
around. I'm obviously missing something obvious.
You move your arm with the bumps.-a FWIW, holding the phone with two
hands the picture gets harder to control for some reason.-a One hand
allows you to "suck up" the bumps like a shock absorber better.
Well, you've got a damfine suckupper.
