A couple of years ago I spent a week in Utah, while driving around the Southwest USA. It was a state I’d always wanted to visit, ever since seeing my first John Wayne movie. The remote desert landscapes are really something special.
I wrote several blogs on the road about our adventures, although not many people saw them, since I had very few followers back then. But this week’s photo themes of Twist from Ailsa (of Where’s My Backpack?) and Remote from Sue (of A Word in Your Ear) have encouraged me to revisit one of those old blogs, which was called Scenic Byways & Slot Canyons.
The Scenic Byways part of the title referred to Utah’s Scenic Byway 12. In particular, I wrote about one short part of this starkly beautiful highway, unofficially known as the Hogback. We renamed it the Heebeejeebee Highway for reasons I think are obvious. This twisting section of Byway 12 follows a ridge of land, which drops several hundred feet on either side, and is quite the adrenalin rush!
The other half of the title referred to the slot canyons of Grand Escalante National Park. With such wonderful names as Peek-A-Boo Canyon and Spooky Gulch, these were a real highlight of our time in Utah. For humans they’re a tight squeeze, and some of the twists make them quite difficult to navigate even for Ses like me.
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I agree that the Hogback Ridge is quite the road. There’s one section called Hell’s Backbone that my mom’s family drove across in a Ford Model A when it was a dirt road (in the late 30’s, I believe). Now it’s paved, but still a little hair-raising. It’s a beautiful part of our state. Come back and check out the lush forests of northern Utah sometime. 🙂
I have a lot of unfinished business in Utah!
Come back anytime!