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    Crazy people (1987)

    This post is not about Fourwheeling.....at last not exactly.

    In 1987 we visited for the first time southeastern Utah, stood on some view points of Island in the Sky. What a panorama!

    This was completely new to us Europeans. Ok, we knew the Alps and other parts of Europe and I had worked in Silican Valley for some time. But Red rock Country was something different.

    Then I recognized that road? trail? spur? below us. Looked like a possibility to explore more. How to get down there?

    We asked a ranger at the visitors center and he asked what kind of car we had? A Chrysler 5th Avenue. Ok, there is a view point an you may look down and decide if you want drive down this unpaved road. We were told we might be able to go for 5 to 6 miles, walk to the brink of the Colorado River gorge and get some more beautiful views.

    We followed the advice.

    What we saw was Shafer Trail but we didn't know that name. It did not look very (negatively) impressive. We had traveled worse backroads in the Italian Alps. Lets Go!

    (All pictures from scanned slides)


    Our rented car wit a nice California License Plate


    Shafer Trail view


    Long road to?


    on Shafer Trail

    Not far away from Potash Road junction - we didn't know that time - a commercial jeep tour approached toward us. You could see the driver staring at our car and he tried to stop us. No way!

    His face sais "Look at these crazy people!"


    A wonderland of stone


    Dead Horse Point


    Colorado River


    Amazing

    The five to six miles were definitely over but the trail didn't look too bad. Ok it was rocky at places and sometimes it needed a careful to drive. TThe 5th Avenue was sturdy with its ladder frame. Let's go on!


    My wife and the car


    Musselman Arch


    Breathtaking for newbies


    My wife and the car at Lahtrop Canyon Junction

    My first idea was to drive down to the river bank but at first I walked. After 250 feet it came clear this was impossible. Even if I could go down I would never make it up again! Be realistic! This was the point for returning to pavement and so we did.

    But we got infected! next time we arrived in Moab with a Chevrolet Blazer (1991 make)

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