Travels with Hadley

[Overland Hadley]

Southern Utah

This section of the road worried me, I had driven up earlier in the day before the ground was so wet. As the day went by and it continued to snow I kept thinking about this section. I decided that if I needed to stay in this canyon overnight then that is what I would do. Luckily this area, while washed out, was not as muddy and slippy as other areas.

When I climbed out to make this snap, I was alarmed by how much the truck moved without my weight on the uphill side. I was at more of an angle than I had thought.​

 

[Hill Bill E.]

A previous travelers mark

That doesn't happen to be Imogene pass in CO, does it?

:coffeedrink:

 

[Overland Hadley]

That doesn't happen to be Imogene pass in CO, does it?

No. It is in the La Sal Mountains in Utah.

Did the same person carve a tree in Colorado?

 

[Hill Bill E.]

No. It is in the La Sal Mountains in Utah.

Did the same person carve a tree in Colorado?

Pretty sure. I've been digging through my pics, but can't find it yet.

The names jumped out at me, becuase of how neatly they were done, and we saw a bunch carved in the aspen (or popples, as we know them:snorkel on both Imogene Pass, and at the beginning of the Mount Antero trail.

 

[Overland Hadley]

Pretty sure. I've been digging through my pics, but can't find it yet.

The names jumped out at me, becuase of how neatly they were done, and we saw a bunch carved in the aspen (or popples, as we know them:snorkel on both Imogene Pass, and at the beginning of the Mount Antero trail.

As the name was carved over sixty years ago, it is interesting to think about how small the tree was when the person scratched their name into it.

 

[Hill Bill E.]

As the name was carved over sixty years ago, it is interesting to think about how small the tree was when the person scratched their name into it.

That was one of the things Dave and I wondered about, could it really be that old?

Most of the names.initials we saw carved, were really mis shapen from tree growth. (and done in a very crude fashion)

We assumed the numbers meant something different than a date, but couldn't figure what they may mean.

In our neck of the woods, an aspen that's 60+ years old gets pretty big, but the growth rate in the mountains out west may be slower?


Really cool pic regardless!:coffeedrink:

 

[Overland Hadley]

Montana

 

[Lost Canadian]

Ah man, what a view! I'm also really enjoying this thread.

 

[Overland Hadley]

Ah man, what a view! I'm also really enjoying this thread.

Thanks Trevor!

 

[Overland Hadley]

Wyoming

 

[Overland Hadley]

Montana

 

[keezer37]

I look forward to new posts on this thread most.

 

[Overland Hadley]

I look forward to new posts on this thread most.

Wow, thank you. That is quit the complement!

 

[Overland Hadley]

North Dakota

 

[Overland Hadley]

Southern Utah