Bluestem
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- First Name
- Chris
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- Jun 17, 2020
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- Location
- Capron, il
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- '19 Ranger
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We just returned home after 11 days out in canyon country South Central Utah. We decided when we planned this trip to leave our little Burro travel trailer at home and take the easy route with airbnb. The Burro is almost 40 years old and I would be worried we would either rattle the whole fiberglass body off the frame or break something trying to get it out into a quiet location. Our daughter has autism and we need pretty specific sleeping conditions to make a camping trip work and generally campgrounds don't work. It's either away from everything and everyone or in a house that is quiet and we can control the environment.
We did however take the Ranger which allowed us to get away from the crowds and see some country that most just passing through miss. I have wanted to explore this part of Utah for awhile and it certainly didn't disappoint. My wife tells me that it makes her stomach hurt when I start planning the next trip while we are still on the vacation! About a decade ago we also decided to concentrate our vacations on one or two locations and really try to explore the area instead of moving around every day or two. We still ended up putting 4300 miles on the Ranger but allot of that was just getting from N. Illinois to the desert.
I was surprised with how well the topper I built packed up, plenty of room for everything and my brothers Snowmaster fridge fit perfect in the drawer I built quick before we left.
(Iowan Casey's plug and lunch break)
We spent 5 days around Capitol Reef:
(Capitol Gorge)
(Burr Trail)
(Cathedral Valley)
And then spent 3 days in Escalante:
(Grovsener Arch)
(Cottonwood Canyon Rd)
(Kodachrome State Park)
We have spent limited time in Utah so we wanted to see some of the main park features, we also spent a day driving and visiting Cedar Breaks and Bryce Canyon (which was horribly busy). When we return in the future we will spend more time out in BLM and Forest Service land. We found a few areas that were incredibly beautiful and we were the only people around. We will also hopefully be pulling an off-road trailer that I am still trying to figure out how to build out. Fabricating the truck topper (and it surviving the miles of rocky, washboarded, dusty roads we travelled) has given me the confidence that I can build a small off-road camper that suits our needs. It's just a matter of finding the platform and figuring out the layout.
We did however take the Ranger which allowed us to get away from the crowds and see some country that most just passing through miss. I have wanted to explore this part of Utah for awhile and it certainly didn't disappoint. My wife tells me that it makes her stomach hurt when I start planning the next trip while we are still on the vacation! About a decade ago we also decided to concentrate our vacations on one or two locations and really try to explore the area instead of moving around every day or two. We still ended up putting 4300 miles on the Ranger but allot of that was just getting from N. Illinois to the desert.
I was surprised with how well the topper I built packed up, plenty of room for everything and my brothers Snowmaster fridge fit perfect in the drawer I built quick before we left.
(Iowan Casey's plug and lunch break)
We spent 5 days around Capitol Reef:
(Capitol Gorge)
(Burr Trail)
(Cathedral Valley)
And then spent 3 days in Escalante:
(Grovsener Arch)
(Cottonwood Canyon Rd)
(Kodachrome State Park)
We have spent limited time in Utah so we wanted to see some of the main park features, we also spent a day driving and visiting Cedar Breaks and Bryce Canyon (which was horribly busy). When we return in the future we will spend more time out in BLM and Forest Service land. We found a few areas that were incredibly beautiful and we were the only people around. We will also hopefully be pulling an off-road trailer that I am still trying to figure out how to build out. Fabricating the truck topper (and it surviving the miles of rocky, washboarded, dusty roads we travelled) has given me the confidence that I can build a small off-road camper that suits our needs. It's just a matter of finding the platform and figuring out the layout.
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