Soldier Summit Jail This concrete, 2-room jail is located at the top of Soldier Summit.
Two-Room Jail How many times have you driven by this without even noticing? I've been by dozen of times and never noticed.
Soldier Summit Ghosts Ghost Town buildings at the top of Soldier Summit.
Weathered Wood Detail
Balanced Rock This rock stands over Helper, Utah.
Our Journey Begins We passed this sign after leaving the paved highway near Castle Dale, south of Price. We're headed first to the Wedge Overlook, aka "Little Grand Canyon."
Wedge Overlook Utah's "Little Grand Canyon."
The Wedge Utah's "Little Grand Canyon."
San Rafael River Utah's "Little Grand Canyon."
Buckhorn Draw We stopped in Buckhorn draw to check out some rock art.
Rock Art These Petroglyphs are in Buckhorn Draw.
Buckhorn Draw Petroglyphs
Half Moon
Buckhorn Wash Pictographs Further down, we came to the well-known Buckhorn Wash pictograph panel.
Pictographs Petroglyphs are pecked into the rock, pictographs are painted.
Gary, Buckhorn Wash Pictographs
Claire, Buckhorn Wash Pictographs
San Rafael Camp We stopped to camp along the San Rafael River.
Solo Camper Claire tests out her 1-person tent.
Our Camp There was only one other camper in the entire campsite. I was surprised, since it was a 3-day weekend in Utah.
Morning Sun
Bottleneck Mesa
Lone Tree There are a few cottonwood trees near the river.
San Rafael Bridge This old bridge was the original crossing and used until the 1990's.
San Rafael Bridge This suspension bridge was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930's.
Claire Swings
Cable Anchor
Bridge Detail
Cottonwood Wash Heading south towards I-70 we crossed a number of open plateaus.
San Rafael Swell Looking north, back at where we just came from.
San Rafael from I-70 Looking north back at the San Rafael Swell.
The Wickiup Near I-70 in the San Rafael Swell. This peak is just under 7000 feet.
Spotted Wolf Canyon I-70 cuts through the San Rafael Reef via Spotted Wolf Canyon. Before the freeway was built through here, you could touch both sides of the canyon wall at the same time.
Broken Powerline Claire spotted this broken, live powerline along US Highway 6, north of I-70.
Broken Powerline
Broken Powerline Claire bravely stood near the broken powerline to give you a sense of scale.
Gypsum Layers
Gypsum Layers We think these are gypsum layers. Figuring out if they really are is left as an exercise for the student!
Goblin-ish Hills These hills reminded us of Goblin Valley.
For the Kids! We crossed Utah School Trust lands several times. You know, for schools.
Old Spanish Trail The Old Spanish Trail passed through the San Rafael Swell along this road. We were amazed at how remote and rugged the landscape was.
Chimney Rock This smaller mesa stands in front of the larger Cedar Mountain in the background.
Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry This quarry contains the densest concentration of Jurassic-aged dinosaur bones ever found.
Quarry Buildings
The Quarry The current excavations take place inside these two buildings. The row of rocks in the foreground marks the outer edge of the excavated area.
Quarry Interior Claire inspects one of the quarries.
Dinosaur Bones This display gives you an idea of how densely the dinosaur bones were packed into this area.
Picnic Area This cool picnic area is nestled among the boulders next to the quarry.
Lewis Jewelry Business started and run by Jenny's great-grandfather.
Lewis Jewelry Interior These display cases were built by Jenny's great grandfather.
Main Street, Price Utah
Tailings Pile These are tailings piles from the Ozokerite processing mill.
Ozokerite Processing Mill On the way back home, Claire located the Ozokerite processing mill that we had missed when we were coming the other way.
Ozokerite in the Tailings We spotted lots of fragments of Ozokerite in the tailings pile.
Ozokerite Samples Ozokerite is a naturally-occurring mineral wax or paraffin. It has a higher melting point than most petroleum waxes.
Railroad Grade We followed this old railroad grade to get to the abandoned building near Soldier Summit.
Cool Rocks We came across these colorful (Jasper?) rocks along the railroad grade.
Abandoned House
Farm Equipment
Farm House
Farm House It looks like the walls were originally painted in colored stripes.
Abandoned House Claire checks out the abandoned house.
House Interior Some sort of fabric was attached to the ceiling.
Wallpaper Some kind of fabric wallpaper was used for a ceiling covering.
Soldier Summit Farm House
