Denis & Sandi Inman
Several of us did a short local trail run to Crystal Spring and Wood Canyon to see what the conditions would be like after some snow and rain. There were 5 participants in 4 Jeep Wranglers. I led while Jeremy & Vic followed in Vic’s rig. Behind them were Brian and Rick. Our group did not encounter any snow to deal with along the way, but a huge bonus was that we experienced absolutely no dust.
Denis & Sandi Inman
My friend Jeremy said he was going up towards Carpenter Canyon to see how far he could get in the snow and I asked if I could tag along. We had a little difficulty negotiating the track up to where we recently had the Spring Fling, but we were able to make it to the lower parking lot just shy of the very end of the trail.
Denis & Sandi Inman
Due to the length of the trip planned for Tuesday, our group of explorers left on our journey at 7:00 AM. We were down to only 6 Jeeps carrying me, Sherrie, Brian, Mike & Patti, Sel & Pam and Rick & Mary. After crossing the Virgin River, we headed Southeast on Lime Kiln Canyon Road, traversed the Virgin Mountains and entered Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.
Denis & Sandi Inman
Eight Jeep Wranglers left the starting point in Mesquite Nevada at promptly 8:00 AM and proceeded North on the 15 Freeway where we shortly entered Arizona. The group exited the Interstate at Littlefield, drove through the town of Beaver Dam, continued North into Utah on Highway 91 and aired down at Mojave Desert Joshua Tree Road. Participants were Sandi & I, Brian, Mike & Patti, Sherrie, Rick & Mary, Dave, Sel & Pam and Ed was inhaling the most dust as our Tail Gunner. Once on the trail, the group turned North at Welcome Springs Road until we reached Lytle Ranch Road where our octet of Jeeps turned West.
Denis & Sandi Inman
I should have been more explicit in the announcement that we would be leaving the Smith’s parking lot on Saturday morning at 8:00 AM. Unfortunately, not everyone understood that meant 8:00 AM Pacific Standard Time and several folks decided to air down as some others were beginning the trail run. Oh well, we all eventually made it up Wheeler Pass Road to the Wheeler Wallace Cut-Off where the plan was to reassemble and air down. The group started out as about 18 rigs but we had several vehicles turn back with minor issues along the way.
