Monday and Tuesday, October 28 and 29, 2024 (Goosenecks State Park, Mexican Hat, Utah)

It was time to move on, so Monday (Oct. 28) we pulled out and said goodbye to Comb Wash Campground. I can't say our first day was fun, but we had a good tour yesterday of some fabulous scenery, so that made up for it.

Up and out of the Combs Wash Canyon, heading back towards Blanding. A lot of cloud today...we've been watching  the forecast as we head south and we figure it's time to quickly see what we want and get further south.

Once back at highway 191, we back-tracked a short distance into Blanding to fuel up at the Maverik Station...unfortunately this station did not have an RV dump.

Approaching Bluff, UT...

Bluff Dwellings Resort and Spa...

Gorgeous canyon...

Now these pictures do not do justice...the colors were incredible!

Valley Of The Gods, more on that later...

About 20 miles south of Bluff, we turned onto highway 163 and shortly after that, onto the road to Goosenecks State Park...

Campground ahead...

Like our re-visit to the Moab area, it was 2011 when we were last here...

Goosenecks is now an official State Park and a fee area. There are about 7 established sites with picnic tables and firepits but you can still drive out beyond those sites and park wherever you want. At the gatehouse, we paid $20 for 2 nights and decided to take an established site near the pit-toilets.

The view is spectacular!

View from our trailer roof...

Steve took a wander over to the day-use area viewpoint...

On the edge of a deep canyon above the sinuous river meander known as a gooseneck, this small park affords impressive views of one of the most striking examples of an entrenched river meander on the North American continent. The San Juan River twists and turns through the meander, flowing a distance of over six miles while advancing one and a half miles west on its way to Lake Powell. Gaze at the results of 300 million years of geological activity, where the San Juan River winds and carves its way through the desert 1,000 feet below.

Most folks have driven further out along the ridge but the road is rough...

A little sun actually peaked out...

But there is definitely a storm coming in...

I was "hanging on for dear life" as Steve took this selfie of us, LOL!

The sun is trying...

A bit of a sunset tonight...

We had one heck of a storm last night...wind gusts to 80 kph/50 mph and heavy rain! Steve had to go outside and tape the stove vent shut because the rattling was keeping us awake. In the morning we found the Starlink dish flipped over and the mat it was sitting on long gone...but found later. There were a group of tenters way down the way...I don't think they had a very good night!

It was not a particularly nice day Tuesday (Oct. 29)...still very windy and cool but at least the rain had stopped and some blue sky was starting to show. We basically had an inside day working on picture editing and blog writing.

Steve did get out later in the afternoon for more pictures along the canyon where all the other RV's were parked...all long gone now.

Monument Valley Arizona in the distance...

That white spec in the distance is our rig...

Steve walked back past our rig to the Day Use Viewpoint. We are parked to the left out of view... 

Steve took a 33 second video of the area...

In 2011 when we were here last we rode our quads to nearby Moki Dugway and Valley Of The Gods. The views were absolutely spectacular and well worth the drive if you have a smaller vehicle than ours.

Please check those out on our blog Monday, October 31, 2011.