16 TRAILER WHEELS

Meals on wheels; a cook book for trailers and kitchenettes

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Right around the corner, to the west of the main “toadstools” area (which has a lot of deep red colored sandstone), is a small box canyon section, with white cliffs and white toadstools (with dark cap rocks). It is an enchanting portion of the toadstools to visit but difficult to get good photographs. The white soil is as white as snow, with a slight pink caste and then dark capstones just don’t provide much contrast. Fun place to see though.

Toadstools. A place I hiked to in 2008 but the early morning light on this visit made it a very special place indeed. They have improved the easily accessible trailhead with a new sign and some free informative pamphlets. Well worth a stop when traveling through the area.

The trailhead for the toadstools is on Utah highway 89 1.4 miles east of the BLM Paria rangers’ station (where the Wave lotteries are held) and just 1.6 miles west of the south terminus to the fun dirt “Cottonwood Road”.

In the Grand Canyon there are at least two layers (representing millions of years) that are gone. They were eroded away before the next “new” layer was added on top. This is called an “unconformity” by geologists. I knew about the Grand Canyon unconformities but I had no idea that an unconformity played a roll in the formation of the “toadstool” area here along highway 89.

Paraphrasing the good information in the small trail pamphlet:
[The “bottom” layer of rocks at the toadstools is around 160 millions old (The Entrada Formation). The top layer is 97 million years old and called the Dakota Formation. In between once resided the Morrison Formation (the middle of the rock sandwich), but it was eroded completely away before the Dakota Formation rocks made their appearance].

The boundaries between rock layers at the toadstool are noticeably “tilted” in places and there are dramatic differences in the color and texture of different layers. So, an interesting geological history and some worthy for photo ops formations as a result. Plan to take your camera on the very short hike to this place, if you haven’t already been.

0 ACTIVITIES DAY TEN OF TWELVE 0

If there was one day to “live again” on this road trip then day TEN was it. It was outstanding from start to finish. The weather was A1 perfect. We had a little dirt road travel with the windows of the Jeep rolled down and a lot of good photo ops at the many different places we traveled. Oh yes, a great meal at the Escalante Outfitters to end the day properly.

We left Page, Arizona before dawn. We watched the sun come up over Navajo Mountain and Lake Powell. Then on to “The Toadstools” off highway 89 for a short hike and some great early morning light on those formations. We then backtracked 1.6 miles fto the Cottonwood road (a road I had driven recently in my pickup truck, only from north to south), and enjoyed a clear warm blue sky day drive up to Butler (Grosvenor) arch.

From Butler arch, we went on to Kodachrome Basin, where we took a short three mile loop hike. I loved the campground at Kodachrome and have promised my wife that we will camp there together and take some of the longer hikes available in that pretty little state park (Oh yes, the campground has HOT showers).


from Kodachrome Basin state park, we drove up to Bryce National Park. LOTS of snow, but beautiful on a sunny day (few other people). We ate at the Subway just outside Ruby Inn - then drove on to Rainbow Point, which at 9,100 feet, had plenty of snow (about three feet worth along the lookout path).

Then we worked our way back out Bryce, stopping to photograph at each and every lookout point that had been plowed, enjoying Bryce as the sun dropped down low and the light changed by the minute.

After Bryce we backtracked again and drove on to Escalante, Utah (one of my often visited and favorite “base camps”), where we had reserved rooms by phone at the rustic but friendly: Circle “D” motel (ask for Robert and tell him Oldmantravels with the old red Toyota pickup truck sent you).

After checking in at the Circle “D”, we headed over to the Escalante Outfitters ( hiking supply, books, free internet use, excellent food, really friendly people cafe) - - for a big dinner a cold beer, pizza, and a “toast” to the best road trip day we had enjoyed thus far.

We had LOTS of dirt road destinations in mind for day 11 of the road trip (the next day) BUT we were in for quite a surprise the next morning at Escalante. So like on all good road trips, you stay flexible, make the best of what comes your way, and go for it and that is exactly what we did.

0 3,875 MILE/12 DAY ~ 4 CORNERS ROAD TRIP OVERVIEW 0

At the start of year 2011, I made tentative plans to take a two week solo “road trip” through the Four Corners area (The Colorado Plateau), during the last half of March. Then, if my wife could get the time needed off from her part time job, I also planned a “road trip” vacation to the Southwest, in April with her.

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Juliet's Log:
Took wrong lane on A8 at the start of the journey while sorting out mirrors. Went E instead of W wasting 35 mins! Further hic-cup in Bern where new road was unknown to Emily. Had to uncouple and turn on movers.
Situated between Annecy and Doussard on the W side of the Lake. Beautiful area and 24°C sunshine. Very pleased with convenient pitch as we wouldn’t know there were 2 rallies on the site – 90%+ English here. David and Joy were already here. Thunderstorms in the evening.
Aimed to rise early for Annecy market and failed. However we got there in time to have a wander through before the showers drove the stalls under cover and a halt to our visit. Bought honey etc. The city was very crowded, looked beautiful and requires another reconnoiter when the market has gone.
Rain didn’t last long and we had a beautiful ride to Faverges on the old railway line. An amazing straight, flat, tarmac dedicated cycle between beautiful wooded mountains with craggy peaks. Cycled about 12 kms each way – very relaxed.
Drove into Annecy for a wander. Beautiful day, enjoyed the old town. We had a reasonable lunch at the first cafe beyond the bridge on the River Thiou just before the Palais d’Ile.
Joy came round for tea and later to invite us to join them and their friends John and Chris for dinner at a restaurant with a terrace overlooking the lake. Expensive but superb meal beautifully presented but not Roger’s style. A lovely, fun evening. All returned to ours for a cognac. Great end to a glorious day.
Drove up to Col on E side of Lake Annecy where para-gliders set off. Torrents of rain came down as we drove up the winding narrow road. Parked up next to John and Chris and ate our lunch in the car. Great! Did jobs around the caravan until the weather cleared a bit and went for a walk through St.Jorioz.
Continued to rain all day, heavy, for 42 hours. Decided to do an indoor visit. Chateau at the top of the hill had huge rooms with enormous beams and fireplaces. Exhibitions on biodiversity and the all aspects of the Lake. Walked down the Isle where the Palais had had a history of multiple uses, mainly as a prison. Enjoyable day despite the weather
Cloudy but dry so chose a walk in the mountains behind us. A long drive up via St.Jorioz through pretty mixed woodland and rocky outcrops. The plateau at the top was about 5,500’ high and it was very cold at about 8.5°C. With walk book and Randonnee map we still managed to get lost – but not seriously as it was a round route and the beginning was not far from view. Distant views in all directions. Bought some French Rabochon Alpen cheese. Weather forecast continues to be unsettled and not very warm. Sorry to leave a beautiful area but had enough and need greater warmth. David and Joy are also leaving and came round for a final drink.

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