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| no partners | | Last triplog and Photoset from my Pacific Northwest Road Trip. I was on the road 34 days and logged over 5000 miles. Really the first road trip of any significant duration for the new truck I bought in 2020. The truck did well and I finally rolled over 21,000 miles on it, plus a few extra thousand. Pretty telling just how little I've been out in the last 4 years.
I spent the night at Strawberry Reservoir and did some fishing in the morning before heading out. Fishing was again slow, but I did catch a nice Rainbow Trout at my first location. Thankfully, there is a back highway out of the Strawberry Reservoir area that took me to Highway 6, which got me to Highway 89 so I could start heading south. If I had had to go the way I came in, it would have tacked on a couple of hours to the drive. This area was all new territory for me and it was pretty cool. Still some snowcapped mountains in the distance, some mountain roads and the scenery was really nice.
My goal for this day was to get to the Sevier River just outside of Hatch, UT. Spend the night there, do a little river fishing in the morning and keep heading home. I have only been north of Highway 12 on 89 one other time and that was over 40 years ago, so the drive on 89 seemed brand new too. And there was a lot to see. Candy Mountain seemed so out of place next to the UT red rock country. Stopped at a nice overlook for Piute Reservoir too. Got into Hatch and was hoping there would be a local fly shop, but couldn't find one so I would have to resort to Spinners in the morning. Found a great place just off the river to camp.
The next morning I fished the river for a couple of hours, but the sun finally came out and the fish were shy and I probably needed to be using flies. I got skunked and decided to hit the road. Stopped in Orderville and bought some glass at the local rock shop for my Mom. That rock shop has also been there for 40 years and they still sold glass, so I got some more. Had a mediocre lunch at a cafe in Kanab and hit the outer reaches of Flagstaff as darkness fell. Unfortunately, even on a Tuesday night, there were no dispersed campsites to be found along FS 552 so I had to settle for just a dirt turnout after a long day.
Got up the next morning, had breakfast in Flag and then it was home. Just an amazing trip. My longest road trip to date. Haven't had a trip even quite like this since 2018. It was good. Need to start doing one like this every year now if I can. I've got the vehicle, and the camper. It's time to put them to better use. The Motor Vehicle Division was about to call Social Services on me for neglect.
Hoping to really amp up the hiking soon. Would love to celebrate New Year's Day like I used to and catch up with some old friends that I haven't seen in a very long time. |
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