Rufus The Doofus

After our last night of camping on our trip we headed south on Utah 261 down to the Valley of the Gods. I have a hard time believing that tractor trailers go up and down this grade. Here’s some photos and a video of what it’s like driving down this infamous road in […]

Ok, just one photo before I catch some sleep. This is us in the Valley of the Gods.

We’re in Crested Butte, CO now. We arrived earlier this afternoon. Today’s driving was some of the most spectacular of the trip. We started the day in Durango, CO and drove up the “Million Dollar Highway” which is US550 north from Durango to Ouray, CO. It’s the most scenic road I’ve […]

That’s it for updates today. We’re heading out early tomorrow for Monument Valley and Valley of the Gods. We’re taking dirt roads most of the way down from Torrey to Lake Powell and hoping to catch the 11 am ferry at Bullfrog to shuttle us across the lake. There most likely won’t […]

We didn’t get to do as much hiking as we had hoped due to my stupidity on a previous hike in Dominguez Canyon, CO. I have large scabs on my heels where the blisters once were so serious hikes were out of the question. We did manage to find a nice 1.5 mile […]

I didn’t know there was a “Little Grand Canyon” in Utah. There is. And a great place to check it out is from The Wedge overlook where these photos and videos were taken.

The San Rafael Swell area wasn’t on our list of places to check out but luck and circumstances led us in that direction. I’m glad we ended up there.

Goblin Valley, UT was one of the areas that I was really looking forward to this trip. Unfortunately we arrived just as the weather was getting bad. 50MPH winds were kicking up the desert dust and making it painful to be outside. We snapped a few pictures and a quick video and […]

We’ve been hanging in Torrey, Utah the past couple of days avoiding the unpleasant camping weather. Our camp spot in the San Rafael Swell area was the last camping I think we’ll do this trip. While we were out exporing the area the wind kicked up and blew our tent into the bushes. […]

We’ve done about 500 miles of driving on dirt roads in Colorado and Utah so far this trip. We’ve got more to do tomorrow. Here’s a very short clip of a typical view from the front seat.