TR: Price to Coal Creek

[Udink]

I went for a quick ATV ride with my brother-in-law this afternoon. We were trying to get from Price to Nine Mile Canyon on the back roads, but there was too much snow between Coal Creek and Nine Mile, so we just went up Coal Creek as far as the snow would let us. We both got stuck pretty good, but had a good time doing it. Here's a shload of photos from the ride.

Gas well just outside of Price
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y94EO9GSI/AAAAAAAAIHs/51ClZvZ-QUc/s800/IMG_0073.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QUaYNclt4ywrPSJ1ZzNyAQ)

Sunlight playing along the Book Cliffs
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y95pfHVeI/AAAAAAAAIH0/ywz9YYjMsfs/s800/IMG_0079.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hG8OTWnVjU-8Sfj8Azoy0Q)

Coal Creek Road
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y96b1Bs9I/AAAAAAAAIH4/IpQPiED1y0c/s800/IMG_0084.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/y9upO_4GNrYLuaLNGgGjiQ)

A tree along Coal Creek Road
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y98ZpmMDI/AAAAAAAAIIA/sFJTQ6ECAJk/s800/IMG_0087.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4lmyTq9BnN2G2uILr_HMSA)

Deer
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y99lJF_nI/AAAAAAAAIIE/1j_qLEQe9J4/s800/IMG_0091.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/j0vrsxrqzkFkdZKmCtOKIg)

A peak in the Book Cliffs
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y9-1MKEJI/AAAAAAAAIII/mOW_cBdxEKo/s800/IMG_0094.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1V-5G8AIsQvXoNqPKhooBQ)

Coal Creek Road as it enters the Book Cliffs
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y9_in9oMI/AAAAAAAAIIM/N72fQ3CZLA0/s800/IMG_0096.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/OgsNq0RAN6QaxdAe2_QdWQ)

A pair of eagles
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y-AsCHX-I/AAAAAAAAIIQ/EfXFfzRJoTc/s800/IMG_0100.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MO6NPvF_EOAWh5eCzCye7g)

My machine stuck in the snow
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y-B3XT4MI/AAAAAAAAIIY/C-emHXocWSw/s800/IMG_0107.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/f8mtmLfF29gTKHEagAj_Fw)

Pulling the winch cable out
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y-DUhzI3I/AAAAAAAAIIg/Ig_7QuNAfFs/s800/IMG_0110.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/f0XVZNM_W3IDZf0Kl9yyvA)

Attaching the winch cable to a tree
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y-EKBTfGI/AAAAAAAAIIk/ag3E9T55qJk/s800/IMG_0111.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iwe6myrl33_Oa25YJoIB0w)

Winching out
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y-EwtE8rI/AAAAAAAAIIo/K-o5V_WnXiQ/s800/IMG_0112.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4OQebFTKLfp-8lhRVjQ4Yw)

Out!
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y-FvbmYNI/AAAAAAAAIIs/ZPJ-8AwKpFo/s800/IMG_0114.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JWiazLggugOkFYImGtuSUw)

...and then stuck again
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y-G-3uUAI/AAAAAAAAII0/pyQ9MYJvrOE/s800/IMG_0119.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DyfNRlPIs-rZXVxFHkJurQ)

Book Cliffs
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y-HmU_pSI/AAAAAAAAII4/NDZd9OtSDXc/s800/IMG_0122.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/V2Kk57_L5pR08DB4gBquZw)

My dog Torrey running alongside Mark
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y-IUqm11I/AAAAAAAAII8/Y3iSZNY7sf8/s800/IMG_0123.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AXJdqPBmJMlgc0zUEZNpvg)

More deer
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y-Kgj4z2I/AAAAAAAAIJE/q1Icq-Jjt5I/s800/IMG_0130.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/i55ow5gT2-lab5eP0WFcaQ)

Another gas well with the Book Cliffs in the background
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y-MIPeoFI/AAAAAAAAIJM/ZyqT7Vy3f6M/s800/IMG_0133.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3vlQWF709i1js1FNO8BRjQ)

View toward Price
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y-NGOJeCI/AAAAAAAAIJU/OB1EK_e5YU0/s800/IMG_0140.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FuRpp6UeJphBctabhQOZNg)

The road home
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/S2Y-OVdgO0I/AAAAAAAAIJY/cjFRzNc4Mds/s800/IMG_0144.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/j0krIKm60ybv57sLsnsPQg)

There are a few more photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Dennis.Udink/PriceToCoalCreek#