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| no partners | | Just completed a dusty trip out to Toroweap. What I learned:
that they really do lock the gate 30 minutes after sundown and unlock it at sunrise. Got stuck camping at the gate after dark so didn’t get to use the site at Tuweep I had reserved.
Discovered that many people are confused by the names Tuweep and Toroweap and think they are in completely different areas.
My dog has no fear and was freaking myself and everyone around us as she tiptoed along the edge of the cliffs. I leashed her rather quickly.
My 2000 jeep with a broken gas gauge will get over 200 hundred miles to a tank wandering around the dirt roads out there. We drove over to Bar10Ranch for the second night and stayed there a night since it was way cold the first night and no campfires out at Tuweep. Bar10 actually has gas for sale at 6 bucks a gallon, but since you’re 60 miles from asphalt that seems like a pretty good deal. Would get a few gallons next time to avoid the stress of keeping my fingers crossed I’d make to to Judds Auto Service in Fredonia for gas, the self proclaimed Center of the Universe that proudly states, “Lotto-Guns-Ammo-Beer” Yep had to get the bumper sticker!
From Bar10 just for future reference you’re better off getting back to Phoenix via St. George and the Vegas route. A little longer on the pavement, but shorter on the dirt and I think would in the long run be a shorter time wise route home. Google said going back to Fredonia was 20 minutes shorter, but it took me down this obscure single track 4x4 route on the North side of Mount Trumble that I kept waiting for the road to come to a washed out dead end. A fun route, but definitely for a high clearance short wheelbase vehicle only.
Bar 10 is a pretty cool completely off the grid locale. They got their own paved landing strip out there and most visitors fly there rather than drive. Lots of fun stuff to do out there, but be prepared to spend some money!!! |
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