Joe keeps a running log when he's in the Utah Outback.

When time permits, he sends out a colorful adventure log containing some of his favorite pictures.

Here are Joe's reports from 2002:

March 26, 2002
Hi gang,

Jack (KD5MBJ) and I are up in Utah again for two months of exploring. We are camped at the Goosenecks - 20 foot from the edge of a 1,000 foot vertical drop to the San Juan river far below.

The Goosenecks are about 10 miles North West of the town of Mexican Hat, Utah. Bob, KD7HLL, has been kind enough to offer the facilities of his wonderful Mexican Hat Lodge for our use.

We have had some wonderful dinners and visiting at his lodge in the evenings. If you ever get to Mexican Hat, be sure and stop in and say hi to Bob. He will treat you to some really good food and wild stories.

Here are some pictures for your enjoyment. As always, I have reduced the resolution to save you/me up/down-load time. The full resolution pictures look much better. It has been cloudy, so the colors aren't the best. Enjoy!

Pic #1: This is the world famous Mexican Hat Rock. It is an enormous sandstone formation located just North of the town of Mexican Hat.

Pic #2: This is where I am camped at the Goosenecks. You can see some of the wonderful formations in the distance, and the San Juan river is only 20 feet away, just beyond the rocks in the foreground, but 1,000 feet below!

What a beautiful view out of my camper window each morning and evening.

Pic #3: This is Raplee's Stone House. It is way out in the "Outback", and Jack and I had to Jeep to a location near it and then hike down a canyon about 0.6 miles using our GPS systems to locate it.

Without our 7-1/2 minute USGS topo maps and, our GPS systems, we never would have found it.

Pic #4: This is a view of the Tabernacle from the end of a really neat, somewhat difficult, Jeep trail. That's the San Juan river far below.

This view is similar to the view out of my camper window where we are camped at the edge of the Goosenecks.

Pic #5: Jack and I call this the "Texaco Water Company". We found this neat miniature "Oil Pumping Station" in the "Outback" while exploring. It's a "high tech" cattle watering system - gone dry.

Pic #6: Rover and I almost "bought the farm" right here. I was leading again, crawling along this very narrow cliff edge Jeep trail along the San Juan river.

All of a sudden my guardian angle told me to STOP, and get out an look! I am sure glad I did, because there was no trail under Rover's right paw! 12 more inches forward, and we would have gone over the edge into the swift current of the river down below.

It was time to turn around. That in itself was some small feat.

Jack and I had another neat adventure today, but more of that on the next adventure email. Enjoy, and stayed tuned.

March 28, 2002
Hi again gang,

Jack and I had a really "rich strike" in the trails and scenes along the way the last several days, so I thought I would send out another adventure email.

When we leave the Mexican Hat area, we will have a really hard time finding a phone line. We may go over near the Canyonlands Needles Outpost where there is no phone, and camp at Hamburger Rock, a geological formation in the Utah "outback".

Here are some pictures for your enjoyment.

Pic #7: This is the famous San Juan Hill. It is impassable by Jeep today without some trail work first, but Jack and I hiked to the top and looked down on the town of Bluff, Utah - the final destination of the Mormon pioneers.

Can you pick out their highway? The camera is pointed up hill, so the picture does not show how steep the wagon trail really is.

Pic #8: This sign at the foot of San Juan Hill explains some of the feats that these pioneers achieved!

Pic #9: Jack and I are standing on top of Comb Ridge looking North near the top of San Juan Hill. You can see to massive high barrier of Comb Ridge stretching 50 miles into the distance.

This was the final major barrier for the settlers to overcome on their journey from Escalante, Utah to Bluff, Utah. Don't forget that once they were on top of Comb Ridge, they still had to get down to Bluff.

Pic #10: Jack and I "struck it rich" with history when we found these "world class" pictographs! As you can see they are well preserved.

I would like to tell you where they are located, but then I would have to shoot you.

Pic #11: This is a cliff dwelling inhabited by the Anasazi Indians about 1200 or more years ago. It is extremely well preserved. What a find for Jack and I.

Pic #12: We found these pottery pieces among the ruins. Yes they are still where we found them. If you are lucky enough to find this fantastic cliff dwelling, please don't touch the walls or climb into the many rooms remaining.

I have reduced the picture resolution to save connection time. The high resolution originals look much better.

Enjoy, and stayed tuned.

April 14, 2002
Hi Gang,

Here I am working on another adventure email. I have not as yet been able to find a phone line to send last weeks email to you. Maybe I will just have to send them both at once whenever I can get to a phone line. That may be yet another two weeks or so when we move camp again.

Here are some more pictures for your enjoyment.

Pic #13: Can you see the cliff dwelling! Several years ago, during my arch flying days, Jack and I were flying with our pilot friend Tim, and we spotted this magnificent cliff dwelling.

I quickly marked it on my GPS system, and we have been planing to try to get to it ever since. The story begins with a 4-1/2 hour Jeep drive to the edge of a 1,000 foot cliff above the Fable Valley floor.

As we hiked down, Jack's knee started hurting, so he turned back to the Jeeps while I continued on alone down the cliff face on the old pack trail that we found using our 7-1/2 minute topo maps of the area.

I finally reached the valley floor, and started my 2 mile hike toward the cliff dwelling. The brush was very dense and in some places over 10 feet high.

There was mushy marsh land in the stream beds, and the sand banks were too steep to climb out in most places.

Needless to say, I couldn't walk a straight line toward the cliff dwelling. Jack was watching my escapades from 1,000 feet above with his binoculars.

He didn't bring his HT so he couldn't tell me which way I should go. I used my GPS to mark my trail so I could find my way back just in case.

I was able to get about 40 yards directly below the cliff dwelling, and then I couldn't get up the steep rock face guarding the Indian ruins.

Those Indian boys were real smart. I have an idea on how to reach it for our next attempt - maybe next year.

On the way back across the narrow valley toward the 1,000 foot high pack trail that leads back up to Jack and the Jeeps, a BIG mountain lion saw me!

Actually we both saw each other at the same time. This guy was really a good size mountain lion, and he was about 40 yards away. I hoped that he wasn't hungry.

He looked at me, and walked off to the side behind some brush. I had two miles to go and a 1,000 foot climb to get back to the Jeeps.

If the lion was hungry, I am sure that he could have "done me in" within 30 seconds or less! I was very glad to get safely back to Rover.

Pic #14: Another shot of the elusive cliff dwelling.

Pix #15: This shows the cliff dwelling and the rock face that was too steep for me to scale. Remember that I still have to be able to hike out, and drive Rover 4-1/2 hours back to camp. I can't risk a fall.

As Larry Gustafson once said at another cliff dwelling that I was trying to get to, "There won't be anyone to drive Rover home if you slip".

Pic #16: This shows a side view of the rock face where I decided to turn back.

By the way, I was able to talk to Joyce, KC7LRS, back in Phoenix from this very spot via Ham radio! She was mobile in her station wagon doing errands.

When I described my situation, she told me to turn back. I always do what Joyce wants, well almost always - especially if she is right!

Pix #17: Part of the Jeep trail that we had to open in order to get to the cliff dwelling area.

I broke the trail through the snow on the way in, and then decided to get a pictures when we were coming back out.

Pix #18: A view of our camp area near Six-Shooter Peak and Hamburger Rock taken as we were heading back to camp from the cliff dwelling. The Utah area has spectacular scenery.

On the way back to camp, a severe dust storm struck. The dust on the old dirt road was blowing fifty feet deep and we had to drive along and through it.

You can't stop because the dust is so thick you can't breathe, and you can't drive, because you can't see where the road stops, and the cliff edge begins!

It was like a blizzard, only very fine Utah dust. Rover's fabric-top plastic windows were down, and the wind was blowing so hard that I didn't want to try to zipper them up, so the dust came in one window and out the other window!

Enjoy the adventures. It will still be another week before I can get to a phone line to send these two adventure emails.

There just aren't any modern conveniences at Hamburger Rock! That's why we are here.

April 29, 2002
Hi Again Gang,

I can't receive my email but I am still going to try to send whenever I can get close to a phone line.

The phone lines are too slow, and the emails waiting to be received by me will take over three hours of connection time to download. So I have given up.

If you need to get a message to me, call Joyce (KC7LRS) in Phoenix at 147.460 MHz simplex, 151.4 Hz. We talk by Ham radio several times a day from Rover.

Jack and I move camp today from Comb Wash to the LaSalle Junction area South of Moab.

I will try to get these two adventures emails out to you.

Pic #19: Broken dreams way down in Dark Canyon.

Pic #20: This is what it looked liked at night at my Hamburger Rock Camp. Those of you with HAM radio licenses know of all the adventures around Hamburger Rock via my new IRLP amateur radio system. View this picture in a darken room to see it best.

Pix #21: A beautiful flower along a hike deep in White Canyon.

Pix #22: The mystical "Flying Carpet" out past the Peek-a-Boo arch trail.

Pix #23: Yes Ted, that's the Jeep trail straight ahead. (To my surprise, Ted road in Rover on all of the obstacles!)

Pix #24: This is the famous "Chute". If you look close on the left side of the picture you can see the two tell-tail black rubber tire marks where we came down.

Yes Ted, it's the only way out of the mess I got you into! This one is over 100 yards long, and about 40 degrees pitch in places.

The tires ride on the side walls, and in places you can almost stand up under the Jeep during the ascent. Don't lose your "cool" on this one!

Enjoy, and have a good day.

April 29, 2002
Hi again gang,

I only have a few minutes before we move camp so here is a short description.

Pic #25: Ted on the edge of the pour-off enjoying himself. What is he thinking about now!

Pic #26: The view from under a beautiful arch.

Pic #27: Another beautiful arch that Jack and I found.

Pic #28: Our camp in the bottom of 1,000 foot deep Comb Wash.

Pic #29: A beautiful view into "Dry Wash" There are a lot of cliff dwellings in the next canyon to the South - Fish Creek Canyon.

Enjoy.

May 3, 2002
Hi Again Gang,

I am camped out in the "outback" alone at the Knoll about 35 miles (by road) North West of Moab, Utah, and Jack is in a RV park in the town of Moab. He needed to charge his motor home batteries. (Sorry Jack, I am self contained).

The Knoll is a small mountain that can be seen for many miles, and has good HAM radio signals. Now if only the BLM doesn't find me.

The BLM seems to think that they own this land, when in fact it really belongs to you and I. Nobody knows that I am camped here, and I won't leave a trace when I leave, so if you don't tell them, they will never know.

Here are some more adventure pictures for your enjoyment. They were taken yesterday up on the Poison Spider Mesa Jeep trail.

This trail is one of my favorite. You have to pay attention at the many obstacles like the "Wedgie", and the scenery is beautiful.

We saw only two vehicles all day, and one of them had been stranded for two days waiting to be found. His Jeep had broken down half way up the trail.

When we found him, his father was there to rescue him with his Jeep. The son had broken the front drive line, the rear drive line, and the transmission.

In fact he had the transmission floor stick shift lever in his hands - while standing next to my Jeep!!!

Ron (K7RJ) did a fine job of getting both Jeeps off of Poison Spider Mesa trail and back to Salt Lake City on a 30 foot logging chain (ouch - no flex) safely in one day!

I explained to them about the advantages of our 20,000 lb, 2 inch wide, 30 foot long, tow straps vs. a chain!

We stayed in touch by Ham radio until he got off of the Mesa and back home to Salt Lake.

What an adventure the Son had for two days! I hope he learned something too. The ROCK always wins!

As you know, I can't receive my email because I have too many large messages, but I can still send. The phone lines in the outback are really slow when I can find one.

If you need to get a message to me, call Joyce (KC7LRS) on 147.460 MHz simplex, PL = 151.4 Hz. She can pass your message by Ham radio to Rover, and Rover will give the message to me.

Here are yesterdays pictures.

Pic #30: Yep, Jack is still back there. Rover is enjoying the view too.

Pic #31: Rover stop looking in your rear view mirror and watch where you are going! Rover is too close to the edge again.

This was the view out of his windshield. That's the famous Moab Rim Jeep trail far below. The deep Colorado River chasm is between Rover the Moab Rim Trail. Rover decided that he couldn't get over there safely today.

Pic #32: The famous "Colorado River Portal" as seen from the Poison Spider Mesa Jeep trail with Moab, Utah in the background.


If you look close, there are two cars on the highway (across the river) in the lower right corner of the photo. They will help you visualize the scale of the picture, and the size of the cliffs.

Yes, that's "Little Arch" on the left side of the picture. I have walked across this arch several times and stood on the spot I marked with the red X in the photo.

The arch is high and narrow, and a strong gust of wind could easily blow you off if you weren't prepared for it.

Pic #33: Rover is in his private garage where we always eat lunch together. The view from this location is fantastic. See the picture below.

Pic #34: This is the view, from Rover's garage, in one direction. That's the Manti LaSalle Mountains with the snow in the background. The Colorado River chasm is in the foreground 1,000 feet below.

Pic #35: Jack negotiating the "Wedgie" on the Poison Spider Mesa Jeep trail. Good job Jack. Don't let the left side slip Jack, or you will never be able to afford all of the sheet metal repairs!

Pic #36: The black rubber ring on Rover's tire is the contact patch that was supporting Rover while he negotiated the "Wedgie". Proof that we really do drive on the sidewalls sometimes. The famous "Chute" was like this in places.

(Do you remember Ted?).

Enjoy. I will try to find a phone line in several days to send this email.

May 3, 2002
Hi Again Gang,

I am still camped at the Knoll, and Jack is staying in a RV park in downtown Moab. It takes me 35 minutes to drive from my remote camp to meet Jack every morning. The view is fantastic during the drive in.

I just discovered that Rover has a broken bearing cap on his left-front inner-axle U-joint, and his steering drag link ball joint has a lot of wear.

Both need to be replaced very soon, like tomorrow! On high, 40 degree inclines, my life depends on having four wheel drive (not three wheel drive) and I also need to be able to steer.

Pic #37: The government bureaucrats have done it again. "Rover how will we be able to drive back home on the highway with this new rule".

I think what they meant to say was "unlicensed vehicles prohibited on pavement". Signs, signs, and more signs, everywhere around the Moab area!

We have got to get away from Moab!!! We even had a sign saying "Bridge Out", and another sign right next to it saying "Jeep trail this way".

Your government always knows what is best for you, so don't complain.

Pic #38: Why is my nose so close to the grindstone? The pitch angle here is between 35 and 40 degrees! The rear tires were ready to lift off the ground!

I am sorry that the camera doesn't show it like it really was. It was hard enough to stop here and take the picture. I was standing up on the firewall in Rover instead of siting on his seat. We drove this twice just to get the picture.

Pic #39: Hey Joe, stop taking pictures and pay attention. Which way do I go now!

Pic #40: Some of the easy stuff through the "Fins and Things" Jeep Trail. This trail takes all day to drive and enjoy.

Pic #41: Jack on one of the fins of the "Fins and Things" trail. "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."

It's a real thrill wondering if you will get to the top, of fall backwards to the bottom! The next fin is even steeper, but we were too busy driving to get a picture.
As always, I have reduced the resolution of the pictures to save you download time. The full resolution pictures look much better. Please try to enjoy them anyway.

Jack and I are off to explore the "Cameo Cliffs" area tomorrow.

May 8, 2002
Hi Again Gang,

I am still camped near the Knoll, and Jack is in an RV park in the town of Moab, Utah. I meet Jack at a new trail head each morning, and we stay in touch by Ham radio in the evenings.

Yesterday Jack and I found a way to get our Jeeps behind, and high above, Wilson Arch. We have always wanted to explore behind Wilson Arch and the Cameo Cliffs area South East of Moab. Here are some of the pictures that we were able to take.

Pic #42: We found a very large open pit mine, and we were able to get our Jeeps down the switchbacks to the bottom.

There were several openings that went horizontally into the earth near the bottom of the pit. I explored one of these, and a short way inside I discovered a bottomless vertical pit with the remains of a ventilation tube.

There was a tremendous draft entering the shaft that I was in. I took this picture and got out of there. You can see Rover, Jack's Jeep, and Jack exploring safely outside.

It was really dark inside. I forgot to tell you, but this was a "Glory Hole" for "Yellow Cake". That's Uranium, and Radon gas.

I will probably glow in the dark tonight. Don't worry, this email won't have any Uranium dust on it.

Pic #43: This is our first view of Wilson Arch. It took us most of the morning exploring by Jeep and by foot to locate this spot. The Jeeps are only a few feet away.

It's a beautiful Arch. Believe it or not, my arch flying buddy, Tim, has flown his airplane through this arch.

Tim entered the arch from this side. As a matter of fact, Tim did this as a publicity stunt for the Blanding, Utah airport about 15 years ago.

He got permission from the FAA (because they couldn't find a regulation that said it was against the law - at that time), and the police stopped traffic on the local highway.

However there was a hiker that had climbed into the arch from the highway side. The police used a bull horn and told the hiker to get out of the arch, that an airplane was going to fly through it shortly.

The hiker laughed in disbelief, and would not leave the arch. Tim, our pilot, did not know this was happening as he set up his approach. By the time Tim realized that there was a person inside the arch, it was too late for him to abort.

Tim flew through the arch dead center, just like he always does, and he tells me he was eyeball to eyeball with the hiker as he passed through the arch. The hiker was stunned and froze in his tracks and did not move.

Tim nearly clipped him with his landing gear!

PS: You remember last year when Jack and I flu through Kirk Arch twice with Tim. I sent you a photo. Don't tell anybody, because it is now against the law.

Pic #44: Jack positioned his Jeep very close to the edge and asked me to take this photo of him.

Pic #45: I could not be outdone, so Rover got me even closer to the edge, and Jack took my picture. Many of you have been asking for a photo of me, so here it is.

Pic #46: Rover had to get into the act too. This is what it looked like as we jockeyed our Jeeps into position, close to the edge, for the pictures. Remember kids, please don't try this at home!

Pic #47: Enough of this nonsense. Here is a picture looking down on one of the formations in the Cameo Cliffs region.

Again, I apologize for the reduced resolution pictures. Please enjoy them anyway.

May 8, 2002
Hi Again Gang,

Time is starting to run out. I will meet Joyce (KC7LRS) in Payson, Arizona on May 14th, and leave the Knoll, Utah area on May 13.

I have gotten my camper into a real nice camp spot with nobody around for days, but getting out may be a problem.

I have to cross a ditch beside the road that is about 5 feet deep and 20 feet wide. It is a smooth decent down and up, but if I don't take it correctly, I may roll the camper.

I have crossed it safely before. I will calculate the kinetic energy (forward velocity) that it will take to coast up the potential energy (5 foot vertical) because, with open differentials, I may not have any traction in the bottom of the ditch.

Traction will return as the camper reaches the top and on to the highway. I will take it on an angle, because if I tried to take it straight across, the camper bumpers would just dig into the ground. Oh, I forgot to tell you, the ground is also sand without much traction too.

I did it before, and I can do it again - I hope. (1/2mv^2 = mgh) if I remember correctly. I need to solve for v.

I don't want to even think what the camper roll angles will be - first to the left as I descend, and then to the right as I climb out.

If the equation is wrong, let Joyce know right away, so she can tell me that I am "all wet" yet again!

Pic #48: The last two days, Jack and I tried to open the 4WD LaSalle Pass Jeep trail, and then the Geyser Pass County road.

Both of these passes are near 11,000 feet high in the Manti LaSalle mountains just East of Moab, Utah. We ran into a lot of deep (2-1/2 feet or more) snow drifts.

We were stopped only 1.5 miles from the pass at a cliff edge by a snow drift. Rover crawled out to the middle of the drift, but then since it was also on a curve, he decided to go back.

If he fell through the snow to the frame rails, it would be very difficult for Jack to pull Rover back because the pull angle would pull Rover over the cliff edge for a quick ride to the bottom.

As I backed out, a ATV rider came buy, and volunteered to go right through and let us know what was up ahead.

He immediately got stuck to the frame, and as you can see in the picture, he is going nowhere very fast. He finally got himself unstuck and turned around. He was embarrassed!

(The pictures never show all of the details - there were also large boulders under the snow in the roadway making is more risky).

Pic #49: Rover to the rescue! Jack and I were playing in the snow again, and when we came back out of a dead-end road we found this damsel in distress.

Her car was stuck to the frame in the snow drift that Rover had just opened an hour before. She had been there for over 2 hours trying to dig herself out with a jack and a stick.

She had the road blocked, and if Rover pulled her through, he would just have to pull her back again.

The snow drift was 2-1/2 feet deep at the highest point beside her car, and this was the only feasible path around her.

Rover had already aired down to 5 psi, and was playing in the deep snow, so he decided to try to get around her car.

The best technique in this case was very slow and easy. That way the snow can compact under Rover's tires, and he will float on top of the snow.

It worked, Rover crawled up and over the snow drift at a dead slow idle with 75 to 1 gear ratio. It was then quick work for Rover pull her out.

As Rover pulled her car out, you could see all of the snow that was under her car frame floating the tires off of the ground.

As you can see from the smiles, she was a very happy camper to be free again. We were the only ones on this dead end road, so she might have spent the night in the freezing cold if we hadn't come along.

Pic #50: There are very few flowers this year because it is so dry, however when we do find some flowers they are beautiful. See for yourself.

Pic #51: Jack, KD5MBJ, has worked around oil fields all of his working life, and he told me that the expansion/contraction track in the sand that you see in the picture was not from cold-winter to hot-summer, but from cold-night to hot-day.

That is, the movement history that you see in the sand takes place every 24 hours! I had to agree with him, because the wear patch in the sand did not look much more than 24 hours old - certainly not a year old!

What do you think. This pipe line contained gaseous hydrocarbons under 3000 psi! The fumes are very poisonous, but the pipe did not leak anywhere for miles.

At the pumping stations, there were small leaks, and if you breathed the fumes you would get sick right away.

Pic #52: Signs, signs, signs everywhere. These are some of the more interesting signs that we found along the Jeep trails near the old Uranium mines and old oil wells, and outback pumping stations.

If you breath the hydrocarbon gas or the Radon gas, or get Uranium dust on your boots, you will glow in the dark until your bones become bleached white from long exposure to the Sun. Beware of the signs.

Pic #53: Here is another great find. This is a Uranium mine that the government has forgotten about and we found.

Most of the old mines have been closed by dynamite, but they forgot this one, and we found it. This is what it looks like inside.

The tunnels go deep into the mountain. This one had a good draft of air, so I went inside a ways to have a look. How would you like to work in here all day?

Enjoy the adventure pictures.

May 12, 2002
Hi again gang,

This is the last email from the Spring 2002 Utah adventures with Texas Jack and Arizona oe. Here are some pictures for your enjoyment - I hope.

I break camp at the Knoll tomorrow and leave for Arizona where my wife Joyce will meet me in Payson for some more exploring in the White Mountains of Arizona.

Pic #54: This is our lunch spot on the 3D Jeep trail. That is my picnic table in the foreground. Would you care to join me for lunch out on the table?

Beats the view at any restaurant that I have ever been to. Yes, that's the Jeep trail far below. We were down there several hours earlier with the Jeeps.

Pic #55: One of the many obstacles on the "Steel Bender" Jeep trail. Rover has just made the climb successfully, and yes that's the path he took to the top. Believe it or not, it's the best path up.

Pic #56: This is another obstacle on the "Steel Bender" Jeep trail. When you realize that the "level" foreground is sloped up at least 15 degrees, and that large oblong bolder at the bottom is about 3-1/2 feet long, you begin to realize how tough this one really is.

There is also a cliff edge to the left of the picture. Yes, it's the only way out of this mess you have gotten me into Jack.

Pic #57: Some of the "easy stuff" on the "Steel Bender" trail. This group of ATV's came in a short way on the trail and then decided to turn around and "Get the heck out of Dodge".

Some trails are easier for ATVs, some trails are easier for Jeeps, and some trails are easier for hikers! It's hard to keep them all straight.

Pic #58: Jack and I found this "UFO" or more appropriately "UGO" (Unidentified Ground Object). What is it? We are looking down on it with a telephoto lens.

The canyon is 1,000 feet deep (as you can see from the topo map in the next picture)! We estimate that the round dome shaped object is 30 feet in diameter.

The two round black objects are 3 feet in diameter, and the rectangular black object is about 2 foot by 4 foot in size. There are some silver objects scattered about.

The one on the lower right is silver colored, and is shaped like an exponential microwave horn. What is it, and what was it used for.

See the red circles, that I added, so you can locate the objects in the photo. (Sorry for the reduced resolution again. The objects are much clearer at full camera resolution).

Even if you were on the Jeep trail in the bottom you wouldn't be able to see the UGO because it is 200 feet above the Jeep trail. You wouldn't even know it was there.

There are no tracks on the Jeep trail in the bottom. Has this Jeep trail been closed by the government (BLM) to keep us from finding out what this is, or has the trail been closed by avalanche?

If this isn't a UFO crash site, then maybe it is a very rich Uranium deposit that has been closed off and hidden.

Jack and I have one more day. Should we try to explore this site. Unless we can reopen the Jeep trail with our winches, the only way in is a 10 mile hike from another Jeep trail far below, if we can even get there.

Pic UFO_UGO 1: This is a section of the topo map where the UGO is located. You can see from the elevations (red circles) that the canyon is 1,000 feet deep.

Nothing is small in Utah! Jack and I are standing on the cliff edge looking down with binoculars. You can see the Jeep trail on the map, and the "prospects" locations.

I bet it is a rich Uranium deposit that has been sealed off for use in a future National emergency.

Enjoy the adventures, and I hope to see you from Utah again next year!

Ham radio is great, and so is Utah Jeeping.

Keep at least two wheels on the Slickrock!

Keep all of the old Jeep trails OPEN!

Re-open closed Jeep trails!

Stay ON the trails!

Joe Ruby
KC7GHT
(Kilo Charlie 7 Going High Tech)
IRLP Node 3820, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Uplink DTMF 3820, Downlink DTMF 73
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