In the morning I wanted to see and shot the sunrise at the Marlboro Point viewpoint. It is located at the Canyonlands N.P, entrance. Sunrise was at 6.06 am, thus I had to start from my Rodeway Inn Hotel in Moab (liked it) at 5 am.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
Sunrise at Marlboro Point<\/p>\n
After Marlboro Point my big plan for this Sunday was to drive the legendary WHITE RIM ROAD (The 100-mile White Rim Road loops around and below the Island mesa top and provides expansive views of the surrounding area. Trips usually take two to three days by four-wheel-drive). I had requested a camp site early in February and had received Potato Bottom B camp. I was not aware what it means. Potato Bottom is the last campsite after entering into White rim Road at appr. mile post 65. This meant I would have to do 80% of the White Rim Road on one day to reach my night camp site.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n
Plan of my first day White Rim drive.<\/p>\n
65 miles did not sound a problem so I started at 7.30 am into the White Rim Road adventure by driving down the Shafer switchbacks, Intimidating but easy to drive I did the Shafer trail the second time after 2011. I enjoyed the drive into White Rim Road and also visited the different scenic spots like Mussel-man Arch, drive down to Lathrop Canyon and parked the Car\u00a0 next to Colorado river…..At 3pm\u00a0 I arrived at the side excursion for the White Crack trail. There I met a guy from Aspen Colorado who told me he had been at Potato Bottom Camp the night before\u00a0 and it took him 5 hours to drive to White Crack (he doing the opposite direction). It was then that I understood, that with my leisurely pace I would not arrive before night at my Camp Site. Nevertheless White Rim Road is not a road where it is possible to speed up. Usually due to the road condition the speed is around 5-10 mph. Weather\u00a0 had worsened and it looked for rain. I had still the big obstacle “Murphy’s hogback” in front of me. A very steep and narrow climb with intimidating drop-offs. I arrived totally tired and shaken at 6pm at my camp. I had driven over 10 hours at an average of 6 mph. I had enough of the Off road experience for this day.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n
on the White Rim Road<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n
on the White Rim Road<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\n
on the White Rim Road<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_5_placeholder\n
on the White Rim Road<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_6_placeholder\n
4WD LO was a great help on Murphy’s Hogback steep climb and down<\/p>\n
I build up my tent Ate some sandwiches and\u00a0 had 2 cold beers and then went sleeping at 9 pm. It was a pleasant night.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_7_placeholder\n
Me with Rental Jeep and Tent at Potato Bottom camp B<\/p>\n
Hiking Mileage today:\u00a0\u00a0 3.2 km \/\u00a0 2 miles<\/strong><\/p>\n Hiking Mileage total:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 102.2 km \/ 63.9 miles<\/strong><\/p>\n curious incidents today: <\/strong>I almost did not make it, before darkness to the Potato Bottom Camp.
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