We spent the 2nd night in Hanksville at Dukes. This way we could drive to Hite the next morning and top off our gas and shave a few miles off our off gas to gas trip. But alas, the pump CC was broken and the store was closed so we had to stretch our gas. We each had (2) 5 gallon jerry cans with us and in the event, I only needed 5 gals, but Rick had a smaller tank and probably needed both cans. I got 10.2 MPG for this trip. 256 miles, about 80 on pavement and maybe 60 on decent dirt roads, the rest very difficult 4WD as you will see in the video.
The third night was at the Dollhouse and is the feature of this video. We drove to Teapot campsite and were there about 11:00AM the next 10 miles took 4 hours. The first 6 miles are in Teapot canyon which the ranger says ties elephant hill as the toughest road in Canyonlands. I believe him.
Please excuse the jerky panning at the start of this video, this was the best of about 6 efforts. Next time I will have a motorized pan head.
In the last sequence showing a drive through a wash near the start of Teapot canyon, you will see a comedy of errors on my part. My rear axle air locker has two switches. One for the air compressor and one to activate the locker. I was turning the compressor on and off thinking I had activated the lockers. As you see, as soon as I got the right switch, I drove right out. I also have a video of Rick driving through this obstacle with no problem. We were coming out in this one, going in I had the lockers on and had no problem.
We chose Dollhouse campsite 1, which is a beautiful setting nestled between two dolls. But I has few photo ops. Next time we will choose campsite 3 for one night and campsite 2 for the second night. That’s right, 1 night is not enough time here.
CC welcome.
The third night was at the Dollhouse and is the feature of this video. We drove to Teapot campsite and were there about 11:00AM the next 10 miles took 4 hours. The first 6 miles are in Teapot canyon which the ranger says ties elephant hill as the toughest road in Canyonlands. I believe him.
Please excuse the jerky panning at the start of this video, this was the best of about 6 efforts. Next time I will have a motorized pan head.
In the last sequence showing a drive through a wash near the start of Teapot canyon, you will see a comedy of errors on my part. My rear axle air locker has two switches. One for the air compressor and one to activate the locker. I was turning the compressor on and off thinking I had activated the lockers. As you see, as soon as I got the right switch, I drove right out. I also have a video of Rick driving through this obstacle with no problem. We were coming out in this one, going in I had the lockers on and had no problem.
We chose Dollhouse campsite 1, which is a beautiful setting nestled between two dolls. But I has few photo ops. Next time we will choose campsite 3 for one night and campsite 2 for the second night. That’s right, 1 night is not enough time here.
CC welcome.
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