Utah Mountains exploring trip June 24 - July 2nd

Yep, since Mina will be with me the first two days and then on the way home, it makes sense.


This will be an exploring trip, so I can't make any guarantees where we will be staying each night.

Thanks,
Fred
Explorer 1

Is Jennelle coming?

Fred

OK,

I finalized the date I will be leaving. I'll leave Thursday morning (the 22nd) around 6 am and head out to Cedar City Utah for night one. I know of a great camp spot about 10 miles outside of the city with a wonderful view of the valley and city below.

The next day Friday I will travel to or near Ogden Utah where the next morning I will drop off Mina at Weber State University. Then I will travel south to meet up with whomever isn't with me to start our off road adventure.

Mina' conference will end Saturday, July 1st in the morning so I'll need to be in Ogden that morning.

So we're less than 2 weeks away and it time to get anything done to your vehicle so as to have it in optimum running condition.

Murrie has asked about shared dinners, If any of you want to plan share meals with another you're free to do so, however, Don't include me at this time. This is going to be an exploring trip (meaning we're going where I have never been) Because of the unknown factor of when we might arrive at a location and make camp, it might be easier to plan flexible east dinners which don't require a lot of cooking or preparation.

We will regularly pass through small communities where we can fuel up and re-supply so I'm only bringing 4-5 gallons of extra gas, and only a couple (2-3 days) of day meals as I will buy some fresh food at the little communities we travel through.

It is still to be decided where we will meet up on Saturday June 24th. However, I can say it will be somewhere between Beaver city Utah and Ogden Utah.

Thanks,
Fred
Explorer 1

Fred,

The drive from Hurricane is 4 1/2 hours. We can leave Hurricane at 7:00 Saturday morning and be at Ogden between 11:30 and 12:00. What time do you need us in Ogden? or where on the trail do you want us to join up?

Fred, I noticed you mentioned you are bring 4-5 gals of extra gas.  Is it recommended or required to bring extra gas?  Or will we be passing through communities where we can gas up?

Equipment sharing:

I will bring the following shared equipment, so it does not need to be duplicated:

1. Recovery equipment and supplied. (Murrie, you will need to bring your Hi-Jack) I will bring all the rest.
2. I will be in my JK so I will have the propane stove.
3. I will bring my fire kit which will include fire starts, lantern, hatchet and saw.


1. I need each of you to bring just 1 box of firewood. Since most of the time we will be traveling through wooded areas we will be able to gather wood for our fires.
2. Each of you need to bring at last 1 5 gallon can for extra gas.
3. One additional 2 burner stove.
4. One additional propane Lantern
5. One regular size shovel, in case we need to dig ourselves out.
6. One table we can set up and use for food preparation.


Let me know which of these you will be bringing. Please don't overload your vehicle with too many un-necessary extras. We need to travel somewhat light and be able to make and break amp with minimum time.

Figure bringing two days food and liquids. We should be passing a town where we can re-supply fresh items, within that time frame.

Thanks,
Fred
Explorer 1