Moab 2103 - Shafer Switchbacks/Potash Road

[Dredwolf]

Well, its a good way to spend the day...

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/IMG_3386_zps5b4aa843.jpg

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There are so many amazing views, this is from Thelma and Louise point..

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/IMG_3412_zps65dc504b.jpg

Heck this was worth the drive....

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/IMG_3467_zps64ecdb5d.jpg



SHELF ROAD!!!! :bacondance:

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/IMG_3431_zpsfd680fae.jpg

"Yes babe, I am being careful and watching the road..." :shocker: "Nope, plenty of clearance!!!":rolleye0012:

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[Dredwolf]

So, the switchbacks....

Well, its BIG out West....that still gets us southeasterners....we neared the switchbacks and made a brief run down part of White Rim to Musselman arch (pics later) and on the way back, I snapped a quick pic of the road ahead... The red box is the area with the switchbacks...at the intersection in the pic, the squareish blob is a full size vault toilet building...

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/LookingToShaferReference_zpsb5afb960.jpg

And this pic is from up on the switchbacks, looking back....the blue arrow is that same vault toilet building, and the red arrow is the small rise where I took the previous picture...yep, pretty big in Utah....

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/ReferenceLookingBack_zpse07e422f.jpg

More switchback pics!

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/IMG_3814_zps69f61ca1.jpg

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Starting up...recently repaired....wife thinks I'm :out:

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/IMG_3505_zps89bade7b.jpg

Okay, she is relaxing...

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/IMG_3509_zps5a84e4b2.jpg

"He's still taking pictures of the "flexed" rental....?1?"

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"Oh, he's moving again...."

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[Dredwolf]

Side trip to Mussleman Arch, on part of the White Rim trail (Bob/Bad Luck, please correct me on my landmarks if needed)...

This looks interesting....
http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/IMG_3472_zps0907d59a.jpg

Musselman Arch (wife has good pictures, more later)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/IMG_3479_zps779b50a0.jpg

"yes dear, I am watching the rock..." :D
http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/IMG_3494_zpsd24d9d4c.jpg

Actually, the wife and daughter were quite the troopers....:thumbsup:

[prerunner1982]

Except for the lack of vegetation is looks like a great trip. Love the pics.

[Dredwolf]

Except for the lack of vegetation is looks like a great trip. Love the pics.

There is some vegetation....in these pics somewhere...

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/IMG_3783_zps6efb8cee.jpg

hmmm...
http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/IMG_3785_zpsb2752226.jpg

That's not vegetation, despite being a Ford station wagon...

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Here's some, it was hiding a herd of pronghorn, my daughter observed...

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b605/dredwolf1/Moab%202013/IMG_3804_zps49acb543.jpg

[4.3LXJ]

Lots of nice scenery there. Love to go

[bad luck]

You got some great pictures, or your wife did. I really like the pics of the switchbacks, and of Musselman Arch. Did you walk across the arch, I first did it when my youngest was about 5 years old. And he said to Monique that this might be the end for daddy.

[Dredwolf]

You got some great pictures, or your wife did. I really like the pics of the switchbacks, and of Musselman Arch. Did you walk across the arch, I first did it when my youngest was about 5 years old. And he said to Monique that this might be the end for daddy.

I was about to embark on that stroll across the arch....when a voice echoed from the surrounding red cliffs with stern authority.... "JOHN......"

The tone and loud extension of the last sounds that compose my name would be considered a warning sound in the animal kingdom, and so I have learned this particular pronunciation of my name means that I am to cease immediately whatever I am doing, as the Commander-In-Chief has observed what I am doing and it has not been an approved action.. ;) So no walk for me. :(

[Carves]

I was about to embark on that stroll across the arch....when a voice echoed from the surrounding red cliffs with stern authority.... "JOHN......"


:smiley-laughing021::smiley-laughing021:


... and thanks for all the pics ... I've been enjoying your travels. ;)

[bad luck]

Except for the lack of vegetation is looks like a great trip. Love the pics.

This is the desert, so there isn't a lot of vegetation. Except near water sources of course.