Mooseman70
06-24-2008, 06:30 PM
OK Bogleyites - this is my first trip report posting, so here goes.
Took the family unit out to the Ashley National Forest, north of Vernal, for a 3 day mini-vacation. My kids are big into dinosaurs currently, so they were pretty excited to see all the faux-dinos all over the place in "Dinoland". We saw lots of beautiful country, visited a couple of museums, went to Dinosaur N.M., 3 State Parks, Flaming Gorge N.R.A. and found 23 geocaches for the weekend. Only negative aspect of our trip was me finding a tick burrowed into my left ankle on Saturday evening. :frustrated: Sure hope I don't get sick.
We rented the Colton Guard Station, a rustic USFS cabin built in 1933. The cabin itself is in good condition and has been updated with running water (shower, flush toilet, & sinks), and a propane water heater, stove/oven, and refrigerator. Also recently installed was a large solar panel and lighting fixtures inside and out. It was nice to have the solar lights in what would've otherwise been a pitch-black cabin come nighttime. The interior contents consisted of a table, 4 chairs, a bunk bed and a futon couch/double bed. There is a wood burning stove inside to use for heating purposes, too. A nice variety of pots, pans, cups & utensils are in the cabinets for use. Folks have graciously left other necessities behind if one may have forgotten something. All this for only $40 a night! :2thumbs:
While some may say, "That's not camping!", my wife is 34 weeks pregnant, so this was as close to "roughing it" as she was going to let me plan for accomodation-wise. Tent camping will resume once our new baby is old enough to sleep outdoors.
We drove out to Vernal via US-40, up US-191 to the cabin and then we continued north on 191 to Flaming Gorge, back to Manila, into Mountain View, WY up to I-80 and then I-15 home. One big scenic loop! :2thumbs:
Thought I'd post some photos of the cabin and other highlights of the trip. Enjoy, and thanks for letting me share. I think this will be the ONLY family trek for the year since baby is not too far off.
Took the family unit out to the Ashley National Forest, north of Vernal, for a 3 day mini-vacation. My kids are big into dinosaurs currently, so they were pretty excited to see all the faux-dinos all over the place in "Dinoland". We saw lots of beautiful country, visited a couple of museums, went to Dinosaur N.M., 3 State Parks, Flaming Gorge N.R.A. and found 23 geocaches for the weekend. Only negative aspect of our trip was me finding a tick burrowed into my left ankle on Saturday evening. :frustrated: Sure hope I don't get sick.
We rented the Colton Guard Station, a rustic USFS cabin built in 1933. The cabin itself is in good condition and has been updated with running water (shower, flush toilet, & sinks), and a propane water heater, stove/oven, and refrigerator. Also recently installed was a large solar panel and lighting fixtures inside and out. It was nice to have the solar lights in what would've otherwise been a pitch-black cabin come nighttime. The interior contents consisted of a table, 4 chairs, a bunk bed and a futon couch/double bed. There is a wood burning stove inside to use for heating purposes, too. A nice variety of pots, pans, cups & utensils are in the cabinets for use. Folks have graciously left other necessities behind if one may have forgotten something. All this for only $40 a night! :2thumbs:
While some may say, "That's not camping!", my wife is 34 weeks pregnant, so this was as close to "roughing it" as she was going to let me plan for accomodation-wise. Tent camping will resume once our new baby is old enough to sleep outdoors.
We drove out to Vernal via US-40, up US-191 to the cabin and then we continued north on 191 to Flaming Gorge, back to Manila, into Mountain View, WY up to I-80 and then I-15 home. One big scenic loop! :2thumbs:
Thought I'd post some photos of the cabin and other highlights of the trip. Enjoy, and thanks for letting me share. I think this will be the ONLY family trek for the year since baby is not too far off.