Summer 2022, Day 35: Red Fleet Flow and Moonshine Arch

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Ben

Morning Kayaking on Flaming Gorge Reservoir:

Drone views:

I packed up and headed south to visit the Flaming Gorge Visitor Center, which we last visited in 2017:

I continued south to ride the Red Fleet Flow trail network:

One of the “ships” of the Red Fleet:

I continued south to run to Moonshine Arch:

I continued on to this dispersed camping location near the McCoy Flats trail network:

See the trip map for today’s drive.

Summer 2022, Day 28: Popo Agie Falls and Johnny Behind the Rocks

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Ben

Sunrise redux:

This morning, I packed up and drove down into Sinks Canyon, then ran the Popo Agie Falls trail:

On the way back down:

My erratic friend:

I then drove down into Lander to take on water. Folks who live out of town come here to take water to their homes:

I continued southeast to ride the fabulously named Johnny Behind the Rocks trail system:

I rode out to Johnny Falls:

Red Ridge trail:

I continued southwest to South Pass, stopping at the Red Canyon overlook:

South of Eden, Wyoming, I turned off into a dirt road that goes through Sixmile Draw into the Red Desert. Boar’s Tusk was visible in the distance:

I found a dispersed camping location on the edge of the Killpecker Dunes. Towards sunset, I walked out onto the dunes:

See the trip map for today’s drive.

Summer 2022, Day 25: Frye Lake, Day 2

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Ben

Another nice sunrise:

I went for a ride today, trying to find a crossing over Roaring Fork Creek. I didn’t find one, but it was a nice ride anyway. I found this off-road play area:

Good Shabbos from Frye Lake, Wyoming!

Summer 2022, Day 23: American Solar Challenge

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Ben

Yesterday, I met mountain biker Adam in the Visitor Information Center in Lander. He drove up today to ride with me. The ride started with a touch climb from the RV at 7000’ to the ridge at 8300’:

We continued on to Frye Lake:

At the Visitor Information Center, I saw that today, stage 2 of the American Solar Challenge would finish today in Lander. I’ve been fascinated by these races since high school, so I was thrilled to stumble onto this race in progress!

I checked out the competitors that had already arrived and watched other competitors complete the stage. The teams put water on the panels to reduce panel temperature, which increases panel efficiency:

University of Minnesota is winning the two-person class so far:

The stage finish line:

After the race was over, I headed back up Sinks Canyon and found a dispersed camping site on Frye Lake. Nice view out the door:

Summer 2022, Day 22: Sinks Canyon, Shoshone National Forest

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Ben

This morning, I drove to Lander, Wyoming and rode the Bus Loop trail network:

I then headed up Sinks Canyon, where the Popo Agie river goes underground and rises back up 3/4 of a mile away after flowing for roughly 2 hours underground. Heading up-canyon, I visited the “rise” first, where the water comes out of the canyon wall and forms a deep pool where a school of massive trout live:

Next up was the “sink”, where the river flows into its subterranean channel:

At the visitor center, they had this sand pit. A sensor above reads the “terrain” of the sand and projects a real-time colored topographic image onto the sand:

I ended the day dispersed camping up Sinks Canyon in the Shoshone National Forest at 7000-ish feet, at the trailhead for another mountain biking area: