11/8/14 A Jaunt to Valley of the Gods.

I am still learning how to relax and slow down, and hanging here at Goosenecks has been a huge help in that regard. The view is incredible, I have very awesome neighbors, the weather is stellar, and I have excellent 3g service. It is hard to argue with that combo. So I was chatting with a friend on Facebook and said I was definitely just sitting around at least another day. Not 5 minutes later, I was like, I need to go for a ride!! So I stowed the solar panels, pulled all the rocks out from under the wheels, and left. One nice thing about being small is I just can't have that much stuff out to put away, and I have putting up the panels down to where it takes less than 10 minutes. I'll time it tomorrow, I timed putting them out today and it was under 4 minutes.
I have awesome neighbors from Canada here, and they have a cool site. Someone before them made this stone spiral. Pretty neat!
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They have a pretty nice firepit too.
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List of buttes
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Map
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Balanced Rock/Lady in the tub Butte
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Lady in the Tub from a different angle
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Setting Hen Butte
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While not as large as the much more famous Monument Valley, this gorgeous place is 100% free to drive through, camp and explore. You can't beat that.
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I came close to camping here, but there was way more traffic than I expected even though it was a Sat night, and the dust was just out of control. I'm sure it would have died down after dark, but I was in the mood to go back to Goosenecks, and that's what I did.
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This was a steeper downhill than it looks. I started to slide a little when I stopped, hence the hurried snap!
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I got back to the park and parked closer to the CG this time as I was being lazy. I didn't take the panels down as I was convinced I was leaving in the AM. Didn't happen......