CobraNutt
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- Location
- Salt Lake City
Thank you Stephen for leading us out for a couple days in the desert! Your knowledge of the area made it a terrific learning experience for us! I think it's safe to say that a very good time was had by all that went in our small-ish group.
Six vehicles started out on Friday (3 Jeeps, 2 Toys and a Trooper) from the Fairfield Cemetery just west of Eagle Mountain. We decided to head out and set up camp near Simpson Springs on the PET. We ended up spending our first night in a nice little area past Simpson Springs, just off the Simpson Springs/Death Canyon road. Setting up camp in the dark? No problem!
We woke up to beautiful skies and a nice view of the area, although, it was just a little breezy.
T’was a fun bunch! All smiles first thing in the morning as breakfast was in the making!
After a nice breakfast, we were off and running. Since we were on the PET, naturally, we had to stop at a marker and get a little history lesson from Stephen.
...then we headed back out into the dust...I mean desert...to go explore!
Along the way we came upon some of the...um...not-so-native wildlife in the area... One of which was wearing quite a clever disguise...
We pushed westward to Topaz Mountain where most of the group did a little exploring around the rocks...no rare gems were found that I am aware of...
We then decided to take a little trip south and visit the markers at the Topaz Internment Camp. This wasn't one of our Nation's best moments in history. It's a rather solemn area...but significant in our history.
From Topaz, we decided to run into Delta and refuel, and head back out to the wilderness. We headed west to the Honey Comb Mine location off Lytle Road. The rock formations here are incredible. It almost looks like molten lava was poured from the sky to form the mountains here. Very cool area!
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Six vehicles started out on Friday (3 Jeeps, 2 Toys and a Trooper) from the Fairfield Cemetery just west of Eagle Mountain. We decided to head out and set up camp near Simpson Springs on the PET. We ended up spending our first night in a nice little area past Simpson Springs, just off the Simpson Springs/Death Canyon road. Setting up camp in the dark? No problem!
We woke up to beautiful skies and a nice view of the area, although, it was just a little breezy.
T’was a fun bunch! All smiles first thing in the morning as breakfast was in the making!
After a nice breakfast, we were off and running. Since we were on the PET, naturally, we had to stop at a marker and get a little history lesson from Stephen.
...then we headed back out into the dust...I mean desert...to go explore!
Along the way we came upon some of the...um...not-so-native wildlife in the area... One of which was wearing quite a clever disguise...
We pushed westward to Topaz Mountain where most of the group did a little exploring around the rocks...no rare gems were found that I am aware of...
We then decided to take a little trip south and visit the markers at the Topaz Internment Camp. This wasn't one of our Nation's best moments in history. It's a rather solemn area...but significant in our history.
From Topaz, we decided to run into Delta and refuel, and head back out to the wilderness. We headed west to the Honey Comb Mine location off Lytle Road. The rock formations here are incredible. It almost looks like molten lava was poured from the sky to form the mountains here. Very cool area!
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