Moab 2013 Chicken Corner

On May 6 we took our first run of the FMCA  4 Wheelers Chapter 2013 rally at  Moab. This trail is rated at a 2 out of 5, and I feel very comfortable driving the Grand Cherokee on such a road with the modifications made a couple of years ago – lifted 3” with All Terrain tires. We had taken this run 3 years ago. It is about 40 miles long, 25 of which is in low range.

Unfortunately, the day was cloudy. The serious rain held off until the later part of the trip on the way back.

 

 

Here are our trail leaders for the run, Bob Cleary and wife, 

This is the lineup of our seven Jeeps on the outing at a “10-100” stop. The “necessary” at the left intentionally  has no roof.

On this kind of run our Jeep is just as capable as the Wranglers and more comfortable!   

Kane Canyon  is good example of the country through which we traveled.    

Harrah Pass, el. 4780, was the second stop of the run for us to take a stretch.

 

From the pass we looked down on the Colorado River and saw the extensive settling or evaporation ponds used in connection with the active potash mine on the other side of the river. We were told that the ponds readily were visible in Google Earth. Our road in the valley is visible at the left.

 

We took this shelf road to reach the valley below.

Our shelf road skirted a deep side canyon.

Here we are at the end of the road having lunch overlooking the Colorado River.

This view is downstream..

And here is the upstream view.  Dead Horse State Park is directly across the river from our lunch spot.

 

Chicken Corner is named for the corner of the footpath as it goes around the rock wall at the right of the bush.  I chickened out at the bush!