Where Am I -- Volume II

[Utahtea]

Sorry it took so long to get back to you all. I got busy doing some things around the house that needed attention.

Capitol Reef?

Rick we must have posted at the same time and I didn't see your post about Capitol Reef. Yes the park in question is Capitol Reef.

This picture of Capitol Reef is taken inside the park. We had driven all the way to the end of the scenic drive and instead of continuing on to Capitol Gorge we took the right hand turn onto the dirt road towards Pleasant Creek where you get a great view of the Golden Throne.

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Hmmmm.

I am with Rick, I think this is in Capitol Reef -- and would be "Cathedrals Trail"?

Mark

Mark we have started out on the road to Cathedral Valley once in 2012 but by the time we figured out where to cross the river it was too late in the day to make it all the whole round trip so we ended up going just a little way and doubling back. Here we are crossing the Fremont River in our Jeep Liberty. We've tried to do this a couple of times with friends so that we have two vehicles but both times their vehicle (which is NEW) had problems earlier on the trip and we just didn't want to get stuck out there!

Her "fold" hint could possibly mean Capitol Reef's Waterpocket Folds trail.


Donna

Donna picked up on my hint and is correct that below picture is of the backside of the Waterpocket Fold and I'm out of the park when I took this picture. The name of the road is the "Where Am I" question.




I'm going to croak you guys come up with the name of the road!

Bonus points for the name of the mountains.

Utahtea

[DonnaR57]

Norton-Bullfrog Road.

Henry Mesa?????

OK. I still had my Capitol Reef map from last year's trip.

Donna

[Mark Sedenquist]

Donna picked up on my hint and is correct that below picture is of the backside of the Waterpocket Fold and I'm out of the park when I took this picture. The name of the road is the "Where Am I" question.




I'm going to croak you guys come up with the name of the road!

Bonus points for the name of the mountains.

Utahtea

Based on those clues: Thousand Lake Mountains and the road could be the Thousand Lakes Mountain Road.

But I really thought you were adjacent to the Limestone Cliffs and therefore on the Cathedral Valley Road. But I seem to be turned around somehow.

Mark

[Mark Sedenquist]

Oh, I was thinking of a different section of the fold. OK, how about Tarantula Mesa

[Utahtea]

Norton-Bullfrog Road.

Henry Mesa?????

OK. I still had my Capitol Reef map from last year's trip.

Donna

We have a winner on "Where Am I" or close enough. It's the Notom-Bullfrog road. Henry was right but they are the Henry Mountains.

I love taking that paved part of the road to see the back side of the waterpocket fold! One year back in the late 1980's we did the dirt part of the Notom-Bullfrog road down to the Burr Trail and took the switch up the Burr-Trail and did the Burr-Trail road up to Boulder, Utah and Hwy 12. Another time we did the Burr-Trail and then went the rest of the way down the Notom-Bullfrog road to the Bullfrog Marina on Lake Powell and back.

LOL...Donna gets my hints! ;)

Utahtea

[Rick Quinn]

Well, I'm glad I wasn't alone with my less than accurate guesses! As a group, we were all over the place, so kudos to Donna for figuring it out! Honestly, I was thinking Waterpocket Fold from the very beginning--but as we all know, thinking it don't count if you don't put it in writing and hit the button! Bravo to everybody for sticking it out, and not 'folding' before we had a winner!

Rick

[Utahtea]

Based on those clues: Thousand Lake Mountains and the road could be the Thousand Lakes Mountain Road.

But I really thought you were adjacent to the Limestone Cliffs and therefore on the Cathedral Valley Road. But I seem to be turned around somehow.

Mark

We've stayed at the Thousand Lakes Campground just outside of Torrey, but have not been to the Thousand Lake Mountains. We have been to Fish Lake.

You were north of Hwy 24 and the Notom-Bullfrog road is south of Hwy 24 just at the east end across from the Capitol Reef National Park sign.

Utahtea

[Utahtea]

Oh, I was thinking of a different section of the fold. OK, how about Tarantula Mesa

I didn't know about Tarantula Mesa but it looks like it's between the Notom-Bullfrog road and the Henry Mountains...so you were heading in the right direction!

Utahtea

[Rick Quinn]

Some random scenery in an area that I'm very fond of:









Where am I?

Name this road:



Rick

[DonnaR57]

Looks like Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Mountains look like those in Glacier, and "where does the road GO" would be a hint, maybe?


Donna