Bouce, Arizona

Bouce, Arizona

Nov. 13, 2011

   Bouce is a very small community, between the towns of Parker and Quartzsite and a little east on Hwy. 72.  It is a very famous Boon docking Area(parking on the Bureau of Land Management-BLM, and having no utilities.)  The city park, south of town, for a fee, let you dump and take on water.  There are several campgrounds, restaurants, laundromats and a town hall.  This is a great area to ride out on the desert, mountain, sand dunes, and watch out for dangerous abandoned mines!  There is one that resembles a funnel, once you start sliding, your done for!    We rode on a Poker Run, where you pick up cards at marked locations.  At one card spot, they were selling cooked hotdogs!! At the end of the day we arrived at the RV park, to see who had won.  The money raised was donated to a local charity so all the local children can have Christmas presents.

Boondocking, nice flat gravel sites. /VICKSBURG, rock sign for WWII pilots, no flight instruments

^ Desert riding, great varied terrain.           Poker Run Hot Dog stand and sodas. ^ Quite Uptown!

Rock wall formations                                              Big Horn Sheep, watching from high above!

Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Knab, Ut

Oct 18, 2011
  Coral Pink color, throughout the large, tall, and long sand dunes!  You may ride where you like, but watch out for drop-offs of 20-30ft. The drifts are constantly changing, as is the tall mountain of sand in the middle of the park. We rode up to the peak, as far as we could go, then had to turn the machine, to go down.  The dune riding is smooth and not very dusty.  There are also some nice trails on the edge of the dunes.  You can also ride out 20 miles to some hard, red sandstone waves!  Then you have to find the 15 dinosaur tracks, preserved in a hillside of the rock.  The tracks are 3 toed, 16in long and some baby tracks- 4in long, were along side the bigger ones.  We walked where dinosaurs did millions of years ago! There are other trails out of the park which are fun to explore. We did ride the dunes with regular tires on atvs.

 Big track

INFORMATION>
LOCATION>   NEAREST CITY=Kanab   DIRECTIONS=10-16 miles N of Kanab on 89
AREA >   TYPE OF LAND=-desert, sand dunes,  OWNER=  State Park
QUALITY >  Pro-great dunes, diverse trails / Con- could be busy on weekends and dangerous /  Length of stay-1-2 days / Rating-stars 5 out of 5
TERRAIN>  MILES OF TRAILS, hills / dunes /   TRAIL MAINTENCE   / SQ. MILE AREA -/  NEAR BY TRAILS- Dinosaur track trail
REGULATIONS> Permit required- Yes, Utah permit / Camping-no hook ups, at state park or boondocking out side of park /whip-yes / helmets req. / width req.-no
FEE> Camping-yes / Entry-Utah permit
KEY SERVICES> Camping / Gasoline / Diesel / First Aid /  Water /  Dump / Food=Kanab
SIDE TRIPS>  Kanab                                                      ATV in the distance!

Baby Track.Pine tree buried by the shifting sand.

Fillmore & Marysvale, Utah

  Paiute Trail
Sept 29, 2011
   Have you ever heard of the Paiute Trail?  It is one of the longest atv trails in central Utah. You can travel the whole 900 miles and stay at cabins along the way!
  We started out at the KOA out of Fillmore Utah, where we rode right out of camp, up over the mountain. Oh, the huge aspen were in full fall color.  At the top of the mountain range, it is quite flat with a road running the full length.  We even rode down the other side into Richfield for lunch. Driving right on the busy streets with our atv’s.   No seemed to care.  We rode from the valley floor of 5,000 ft. to heights of 10,000 ft.  We spent couple of days exploring the mountain, wearing orange vest and caps since it was hunting season, but we didn't see many hunters.

 

  Then we headed down to Marysvale, to Gregg and Connie's Pine Creek Cabins, and met up with our gang.  There are RV sites and cabins with linens and frig, etc.  It did snow 4 inches the day before, but melted by the next day.  We were riding on hill tops, aspen along the trail to Barney Lake. We also tried to ride on a pass which goes over the top, but we were turned around by snow at the top, 11,111 ft elevation.  We also went over to Freemont Indian State Park and Mus.   Many trails and maps to gather.

This is what happens when you can’t see the deep crevice in the snow and roll over, s l o w l y !

  Near Fillmore we went to the Lava tubes and passed by Big Candy Rock Mountain, Marysvale

Bryce Canyon, Utah

Sept 18, 2011  70 miles
Our main reason was to tour Bryce Canyon Nat. Pk, but we found many trails around  the area. We camped at Ruby Inn, Bryce, Utah, after touring the Park for several days, we took off from the campground and headed thru the forest on trails and roads. Along the 70 miles that we rode, we saw red cliffs, lush green meadows, large aspen, ponderosa pine, valley views and cattle. Checked out King campground, a National Forest Camp, which was very nice, it has many trees, quiet setting and can ride right out of camp.  There are numerous trails, north and west of the park area to ride and camp at. As we were ready to leave, folks told us about riding the "Red Canyon" area, suppose to be a great area.  Next time!

See the atv?                                         Come around the corner and see this!

INFORMATION>
LOCATION>   NEAREST CITY  Cedar City,  Ruby Inn 
AREA >   TYPE OF LAND=-desert, forest, mountain  , OWNER=    Dixie Nat Forest
TERRAIN>  MILES OF TRAILS, hills / dunes / forest / mud / dust /elevation  NEAR BY TRAILS-yes
FEE> Camping $- Private and County parks & dry camping / Entry-no
KEY SERVICES> Camping / Gasoline / Diesel / First Aid /  Water /  Dump / Food= Ruby Inn
SIDE TRIPS>  Bryce Canyon National Park

BRYCE CANYON IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES, WE HIKED UNDER THE RIM..

                                                 Larry wanted to run the small trail dozer, they said “Go ahead.”

                                                                                        Walking thru “Wall Street”

Poison Campground, Cascade Lake St Pk, Donnelley, Idaho

 Sept 7, 2011We moved to Poison Campground at Cascade Lake St. Pk  near Donnelley.  This is a peaceful campground, some sites back right up to the lake.  Most of the riding was on gravel type roads, used as fire/logging roads. We ventured out and up the mountain to an old Fire Tower on a backwoods road.

       

        

          Cascade Lake                                                        Our lunch room view!

We also hauled out to Blue Lake, to the south,  where you will find the Eagles Nest Volcano, which is hard to find because you are in it! It was warm 80*, ducks, geese, pelicans and a lone loon. We hiked into the lake, wow, what blue color, and great views.

INFORMATION>
LOCATION>   NEAREST CITY=Donnlley   DIRECTIONS=West of Hwy 55
AREA >   TYPE OF LAND-, forest  , OWNER=  Boise Nat Forest & State Land
QUALITY >  Pro / Con /  Length of stay-3 days / Rating-stars- 3 out of 5
TERRAIN>  MILES OF TRAILS,  mountain / forest / water crossing /elevation    
FEE> Camping- State Pk $ / Entry-no
KEY SERVICES> Camping / Gasoline / Diesel / First Aid /  Water /  Dump / Food=Donnelly or Cascade, Id

Cascade, Idaho

Cascade, Idaho
Sept 1, 2011
  We camped at Horse Thief Reservoir, free camping right on the lake north of Cascade on highway, toward Warm Lake .   There were miles of trails, mostly old logging roads, some trails. The area is forest, big hills, a lot of boon docking in many areas and they were full.  There were some mines to see and mountain top views.  We always bring our GPS, and it's a good thing we did, there are so many roads that intersect, you loose track of which one you rode or where to go.  Nice riding, some lakes to see also.  We also saw a Volkswagen THING!, Looks right out of an old war movie.  You can remove the top and doors, it is quite square shaped.  We seem to see one every six months after this sighting.

INFORMATION>
LOCATION>   NEAREST CITY=Donnlley   DIRECTIONS=West of Hwy 55
AREA >   TYPE OF LAND-, forest  , OWNER=  Boise Nat Forest & State Land
QUALITY >  Pro / Con /  Length of stay-3 days / Rating-stars- 3 out of 5
TERRAIN>  MILES OF TRAILS,  mountain / forest / water crossing /elevation     
REGULATIONS> Permit required / Camping /whip / helmets req. / width req.
FEE> Camping- no  / Entry-no
KEY SERVICES> Camping / Gasoline / Diesel / First Aid /  Water /  Dump / Food=Donnelly or Cascade