If Mad Dogs sister is unable to make the trip we will be looking for a new rig driver. It is a mega cab Cummins 250 Ram truck pulling a 20 ft. tandem axle trailer.
I can get a driver, retired buddy. Want need much notice so hopefully mad dogs sister will be able to get this trip in. Just ace in hole if needed.
 
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I'll be coming from Florida, but I'll probably have to stop in Raleigh to dump my animals on my daughter, with a mostly empty 3/4 ton cargo van, too, if anyone needs anything picked up on the way.
 
OK, Boys & girls, I think I have a rough draft for a Utah RAA.

Day 1:
A short ride of 86 miles to a hotel in Cortez, CO. for 2 nights.
Ride and enjoy the Mesa Verda National Park.
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Day 2:
Optional 242 mile ride to Telluide, Ouray, the Million Dollar Hwy, and back to Cortez.
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Day 3:
Short ride of 100 miles to hotel in Mexican Hat, UT. for two nights and then a play ride of 112 miles which may or may not include the famous Moki Dugway.
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Day 4:
Optional ride of 250 miles to Moab, UT., the Arches National Park, and back to Mexican Hat.
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Day 5:
Ride 287 miles to a hotel in Bryce, UT. for two nights.
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Day 6:
Optional ride of 288 miles to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and back to Bryce.
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Somewhere in there is also the option to ride to Rainbow Point (39 miles round trip).

Day 7:
Ride back to Bloomfield, NM (412 miles in one day) or . . .
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I recommend a reverse ride back through the Capital Reef as It is very different and WELL worth the scenery and the piddly 25 extra miles you would save riding the southern route through Kanab, UT and Page, AZ.
Remember "Rough Draft". All is subject to change as we move on toward September.

Nice Job. It is hard to beat a Bull-Ride. Capitol Reef sounds good to me. It is the only major park in Utah I have not seen.
 
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