The winter storms were coming and the days were getting shorter. However, the weatherman promised sunny skies with temperatures in the 40’s in the San Rafael Swell for Saturday. David and I decided to try for yet one more Saturday exploring the San Rafael Swell jeep trails on ATVs. A winter storm was scheduled to […]

All week long, the weatherman had been forecasting storm for the weekend. By Wednesday the forecast was just for overcast skies but much colder. By Thursday (Turkey Day), the forecast was cloudy but colder. Friday it was partly cloudy and only slightly cooler. David and I decided we could squeeze in yet one more weekend on […]

From the grinding of my wife’s teeth and the depth of my wife’s fingernail marks in my arm, I was able to determine that it was time my wife and I had a weekend getaway together. (Isn’t it amazing how husbands are so good at interpreting these subtle hints?) Friday morning we threw our bags in the Ford Explorer and […]

The weather in Utah has turned warm again. Maybe this is the Indian Summer that we thought had missed us this year. With yet one more nice weekend in the forecast, David and I again headed south on Saturday with the ATVs in tow. This time we headed to the north end of the San […]

After a long week of work, snow storms, cold and wind, I was surprised to find that Saturday was set to be warm, dry and sunny. There was only one thing to do — head south for a day riding ATVs and exploring some area of southern Utah! Because my wife and I had taken David […]

Friday I had to do some last minute scrambling to get the flat tire fixed on one of the ATV’s. I tried to get it patched but it was declared un-savable. I then had to make a quick trip to our favorite ATV store in Payson Utah (Rocky Mountain ATV), to purchase a new rear tire, to replace the tire (also […]

I felt like we had explored a good deal of the western side of the San Rafael Swell, especially since our last few weekend trips have been to these areas. However, there was one area between Link Flats and Seger Hole that I wanted to see. Looking at topographic maps and Google Earth, I found […]

Looking through maps, I noticed that we had not yet explored the Copper Globe area of the San Rafael Swell. That looked like an excellent ATV trip so Saturday morning, David and I headed there. Just before hitting the San Rafael Swell, we stopped at a Rest Stop where years earlier, we had located a […]

By working like crazy after work each night to get all my yard, garden and house chores done, I can free up Saturdays for exploring southern Utah… when funds allow it. This week, a cold front moved in and kept me from outdoor and garden work. Tuesday was a regular 80 degree late summer type […]

Saturday morning, after breakfast at the “Old Tymer Restaurant” in Blanding Utah (that seemed appropriate), David and I gassed up the ATVs and headed west to Comb Wash, just past the road cut through Comb Ridge. We found an old camping site north of the highway and unloaded the ATVs. We then rode north and northeast to […]