Saturday, April 19, 2025

2025 - West - UT - Hanksville - Goblin Valley & Little Wild Horse Slot Canyon - April 17 & 18

 4/17 - Headed to Hanksville Utah. Another incredible drive.

So nice of Jill to take pictures of us moving through the area to give you an idea of the drive (and all the curves).




4/18 - Out to Goblin Valley. This area was featured in the movie Galaxy Quest (one of my favorites) because of is other-worldly landscape. Still one of my favorite places in America.



A view from above.


You are allowed to climb on anything - and we did.


Vaughan here on a stone throne - King of the Goblins!





Here he is looking through a window of his castle.


A closer look.



Jim and Jill


We took what we thought was a hike to Goblins Lair but it turned out we were on the wrong trail. We were hiking Red Canyon Primitive trail which followed a long wash with 6-10 foot walls on each side. Very cool until it started to rain then snow - very large hard pellets of snow. We turned and headed back to the safety of our cars. You never want to be in a wash with bad weather.

Next a short drive out to Little Wild Horse Slot Canyon. The rain and snow had stopped so on into the canyon they went.


until they saw the water. Time to turn around again.




I love these beautiful buttes.  This one looks massive until you get to the end of it.


This is a view from the end - the top is actually very thin.


and then the storms came in - mixtures of snow and rain. Made for a cool back drop.





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