Feb 10, 2012

Marie and I drove across Skyline road. Camped overnight

I recently wrote about a trip that Marie and I had taken with Jeff and Ben up onto skyline drive when the roads became so slick I felt like I was on ice as I drove off the mountain. Well Marie and I had taken a similar trip once before when Ben was just a baby and Marie was pregnant with Jeff.

We first went to Duchesne and left Ben with Grandma Berhmann. We then traveled to Moab and spent a little time with Tim and Leesa. He was there with his job for the Utah Highway Patrol. We stayed a day with them and then traveled back to the start of the road that crosses the skyline at the rest stop in Tucker. We drove up onto the skyline and enjoyed the fresh mountain air that was up there. We took it slow so we could enjoy the scenery. We finally drove down off one of the side roads not knowing where it would take us and found a little meadow that was somewhat secluded. We camped there for the night and really enjoyed it. Some deer visited our camp the next morning and it was fun watching them since they were either unaware of our presence or didn’t care.

We spent a good part of the morning up there and then packed up and continued on skyline for the rest of the day eventually dropping down Ephraim canyon and ending up with Lynn and Julie. I believe we stayed with them that night before driving back to Duchesne to pick up Ben who was sorely missing us by then. It was a fun, short, getaway.