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

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Day 0: May 11
My primary goal for this trip was to get to the remotest parts of the Arizona Strip / Grand Canyon. It was a partial success but I did not make it everywhere as events unfolded.
I left Lubbock TX at 2:30 AM Sunday morning with an uneventful drive through NM and across the Navajo Nation. I stopped at Canyon De Chelly National Monument as I had previously driven past it numerous times and never stopped.
I checked out some of the view points and continued on my way as I still had a long ways to go. By late afternoon I had made it out to the greater Zion area of Utah. I found a nice spot north of Elephant Gap with views of Zion in the distance making for a great first night.

Supplies for this trip:
20 gallons of fuel
10 gallons of water
165 Ah Lithium Battery to run my Starlink / Fridge and recharge off truck inverter
Bouge RV 12 Volt Fridge (First Trip)

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

Looking forward to following along on your adventure. Thanks for posting

 

[PetitFrereArmada]

Looking good. Waiting for more pictures and story to read.

 

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Day 1: May 12

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 then end up at Twin Point to camp.
I took hobble canyon to hidden canyon to last chance canyon out to hudson point. It was insanely windy so much so that just standing was pushing me back.
This turned out to be many days on this trip so I wasn't able to fly my drone as much as I had planned..

I had looked at all the web cams I could find before the trip so it was cool to see the camera / weather station at hudson point.
I continued on down through the various ranching land and through Oak Grove which was beautiful to Twin Point. I marked camp spots along the way because I figured it would be way too windy to actually stay at Twin Point.
As expected Twin Point was a wind fest. I hung out until sunset ate some dinner and enjoyed some Grand Canyon Sunset Ales. I then went back to a perfect spot I had marked tucked in the pine trees of Oak Grove to camp and enjoy a campfire.

Since I left pavement in Hurricane I literally did not pass a single person the entire day. Not a soul even at Twin Point.
This is what I had been longing for. Peace and Solitude.
Having the grandeur and vastness of the Grand Canyon all to yourself isn't something that you can put into words.
If you ever have the chance to do it I couldn't recommend it more. One of the most beautiful and remote places I have been fortunate enough to experience.

Day 1 Relive GPX Track Video:

AZ Strip Day 1 | Relive

Driving | May 12, 2025

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