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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Day 13/14 For my final night of the trip I wanted to soak up some cool mountain colorado air and snow capped mountains before heading back to the brutal Texas summer heat. On my way east I stopped at four corners national monument which I had been close to many times but never stopped at...
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Day 12: May 23 Day Mileage: 107 Total Mileage: 1307 After packing up I explored a couple side trails around where I had camped and then headed towards blanding. I was able to take a shower at the rec center there when purchasing a day pass. I then headed to the edge of the cedars museum which I...
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Day 11: May 22 Day Mileage: 116 Total Mileage: 1200 This day I continued on the road to hite out to highway 95 which absolutely stunning drive with all of the buttes through this section. This section was postcard Utah that most people envision. The plan was to head into Bear Ears National...
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    Idaho Sportsmobile Adventure

    Awesome rig ! Thanks for sharing
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Day 10: May 21 Day Mileage: 150 Total Mileage: 1084 Today my goal was to make it out to camp somewhere out in the maze district of canyonlands. The only part of canyonlands I hadn't explored yet. I made my way around the Henry mountains and ultimately down to Highway 95 and headed to...
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Its definitely wash boardy but wasn't too bad overall. I have been on way worse for sure.
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Day 9: May 20 Day Mileage: 189 Total Mileage: 934 My first order of business today was to find the cosmic ashtray. I packed up and kept heading down the road I camped right off of and drove until I was right next to where I could see the ashtray marked on the map. I couldn't find any...
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    As mentioned I didn't have many opportunities to fly the drone between the wind and federal lands but here were the highlights when I was able to.
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Day 8: May 19 Day Mileage: 95 Total Mileage: 745 This day I slept in pretty late. I had finally reached that exhausted phase of a trip in a good way. For someone that puts in long days and covers a lot of ground I was finally happy to slow down for a bit. I took my time getting up enjoying...
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Day 7: May 18 Day Mileage: 100 Total Mileage: 650 Besides the AZ Strip section this was one of my favorite days of the trip. I think I finally fell asleep just before dawn and got a few hours in once the wind calmed down before sunrise. Needless to say it was a late start by the time I got up...
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Here are the GPX Files : Didn't do anything worth sharing on the 4th day of truck repair. Looks like Day 7 I only got the very end of the track for some reason. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qpSNdWOpcna75jOkpFqhvc4VwRXhN6Qj?usp=sharing
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Sure I can outline that. I am definitely not a gear junkie but this is what I currently have. 2018 Tacoma TRD-Offroad 32" BFG KO2's (Stock Wheels) Bilstein 5100's Front and Rear Shocks Old Man Emu Leaf Springs Icon UCA's / Coil Springs ARB Bull Bar with Warn Winch and Front Skid Plates PF...
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Day 6: May 17 Day Mileage: 133 Total Mileage: 550 Today I had planned to do some hiking. I packed up and headed over to house rock valley road and to the wire pass trailhead. I was hoping to be able to hike a ways into buckskin gulch. Just doing wire pass to the wash and entrance of bucksin...
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Thankfully it was just really bad wheel balancing. They rebalanced everything and I was back on the road.
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    I did hole in the rock on this trip. First time I had been to the end. I'll get to that part shortly.
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Days 4-5 May 15-16 Total Mileage : 417 By the time the truck was fixed it was mid-day in Hurricane. I weighed my options and decided to head out to Gold Butte Whitney Pockets area for the night as I had never been there. It was a beautiful area but already too warm for my liking. I started...
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Day 3: May 14 Day Mileage: 130 Miles Total Mileage: 351 Miles I woke up at 4am and quickly packed up the tent. I drove a couple miles in the dark over to Whitmore Point. I made coffee and hiked up over the hill. I sat on a rock and drank my coffee looking forward to what was coming. Daylight...
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    It all depends offroad but I think i average roughly 250 miles or so from my 20 gallon tank. Thats about the top of the range I have gotten when fully loaded down with gear / extra gas / water etc. Oh man the fridge is a game changer. I had been wanting one for years but could never pull the...
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Day 2: May 13 Day Mileage : 109 Miles Total Mileage: 221 Miles Relive GPX Track: https://www.relive.com/view/v7O9ZrMG3Q6 Uneventful night with perfect cool temperatures. Woke up made some coffee and cooked some breakfast. Warmed up by the fire and continued on my journey. I had camped just...
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    Arizona Strip / Grand Escalante / Canyonlands / Bear Ears - 15 day Solo Adventure - May 2025

    Day 1: May 12 Day Mileage: 112 Miles The adventure begins. Filled up on gas / water and supplies in Hurricane and of course grabbed some Pizza at Maverik being adventures first stop. Made it to where dirt began at the AZ / UT state line and aired down. My plan was to head to Hudson point and...
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