Sunday, November 11, 2012

Solo Hike

A little piece of Paradise that is not easy to find

Thanks to Jim and Gayle, we found Red Cliffs recreation area.  We have been coming to SW Utah for
close to 30 years and we never knew about this place.  There are very few signs so you must know where you
are going before hand.  And we hardly ever know where we are going. :-)

Once you find the correct interstate exit and the access road,  there are two small tunnels to negotiate




Goldie had to "suck it in"


A picturesque campground with just 12 sites
sits at the base of the cliffs




Mark wanted to work on his blog post, so I did a solo hike up Quail Creek on the Red Reef Trail


It was not always a trail


An oasis in the desert


This part looked interesting


Coming up was easy 






I soon ran into a tangle of boulders and vegetation blocking my way


Going back down was spooky.
A pleasant afternoon of exploration 

6 comments:

Barney, The Old Fat Man said...

Excellent coverage of the hike. Thank you.

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh! I wanna go there to do that hike! How far away is it? I need to do some googleing. -Susan

Box Canyon Blog.com said...

Sorry I missed it now :((
mark

Brian said...

"Life is always better on the edge" ;)

Jim and Gayle said...

That is a beautiful hike. We could not work up the courage to climb over the rock with the rope so thanks for showing me what was back there.

I can't believe Mark missed it.

Jim

Sunny said...

Beautiful rock formations. I would go there just to see all I could within (for me) walking distance. Lovely ictures!