Topic: Name the Location

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

Or Dinosaur?

Not Dinosaur.

[JeffSTL]

Come on I know I'm correct on the Goosenecks state park Utah. I've sat on that very ledge and have the same pic at home.

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

Utah.  Been there. First pic can't remember the name of the highway that crawls up the side of the valley 261? but it was super cool. Second pic canyonlands? Third pic san juan river at goosenecks state park. Last pic rainbow canyon in glen canyon? Or maybe zion.

BINGO!! Folks we have a winner 

Rather than head to Sturgis this year we took an abbreviated ~1400 mile excursion SW from Colorado Springs/Denver. First stop 2 nights in beautiful Telluride. Been there done that many times so no pix but the last thing I remembered that first night was the $110 bar bill at the brewpub AFTER we started elsewhere. Friday we were off to Page, AZ. There are 2 ways south out of Telluride and either would be one of the more amazing rides you'd ever do. I almost said most but you're seeing another here. You could loop back eastward and take US550 aka The Million Dollar Highway (inflation needs to change this to Billion) or take the more direct route southwestward CO145 which we did. Now if you want to be in biker heaven do the entire loop! Nice day's ride. REALLY nice. We headed westward north of Cortez near Dolores to Monticello, UT then south US191. I noticed some of those infamous dotted lines on the map on a route which we'd never done. RIGHT TURN HOWARD!! onto UT95 and head for the dotted line on UT261. If you check your map you'll notice a 2-3 mile unpaved section of switchbacks. This is where we were about 10 miles north of Mexican Hat at Muley Point Overlook. W O Fn W !! Riding just south of that after coming off the top I reached back to double check that I had buckled my saddlebag and realized I hadn't when my glove blew out. Good thing because we just about blew past Gooseneck State Reserve. That's the picture of the river bending around. Pretty cool especially when you click the picture and it opens up the video to see all the bends. From there we headed to Page, AZ bypassing Monument Valley since we'd both done that. We had a 16 mile motorized sightseeing rafting expedition scheduled below Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River Sat am. That's the reflecting canyon picture that was mentioned. The trip terminated at Lee's Ferry which is the put in point for the Grand Canyon rafting trips. After lunch we had a Hummer trip scheduled to tour Secret Canyon, one of the famous slot-style canyons. Amazing. The Hummer ride rock crawling to the canyon and back was half the amazement. 675 miles home so we hit the road for part of those miles Sat afternoon and made it to Cortez, CO late that afternoon and rode home Sunday with a nice spirited ride on US50 on our big boys through Bighorn Sheep Canyon. You really need a bike to get around all that touristy traffic and make some time following the Arkansas River. We cut though Cripple Creek turning north on US9 and in the back way, played a few slots then headed back only to get snagged in a brief afternoon Colorado mountain shower. Another nice trip! Short but nice. You guys oughta do some of this riding if you haven't. One reason I moved my base of habitat from Kentucky to Colorado. I've covered almost 50,000 western US and Canada miles since 2001.   

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

My guess is Canyon Lands N.P.  I've ridden from the So. Rim to No. Rim to Zion and Bryce and back to Phoenix via Glen Canyon.  I did 4 corners, Canyon De Chelly, Painted Desert/Petrified Forest and Coronado Trail.  But have NOT done Needles or Arches YET

Then you REALLY do need to do Needles AND Arches! Just don't spend too much time at the brewpub in Moab!  All their beer is 3.2 anyway  This is one of those "alternative" routes that I'd bet most folks bypass and stay on US163/US191 instead.

[JeffSTL]

Guess you had missed my earlier post? It was long before I had a motorcycle but if the most beautiful trip I have taken. Did canyonlands, arches, capitol reef, glen canyon, bryce, escalante, zionback in 2000. Woulx love to do it again on my cb750k

[Stev-o]

Sounds like an awesome trip, Jerry.
Love Telluride, been there skiing and then a ten day camp trip on nearby Preist Lake.  The Billion Dollar Highway is incredible riding, my brother went down on it, but just damaged his bars and pride!

[flybox1]

was gonna say Glenn Canyon/Jack@ss Canyon/Lee's Ferry.
..flyfished there many a time 

[scottly]

Scottly, I thought you'd nail me on these. 

The closest I've been was when I did the pontoon raft thing below Glen Canyon Dam, about 20 years ago. It would have been much more enjoyable, had it not been for the company I was with at the time. Long story short, afterwards I dropped her off at her place in Tempe, and beat feet as fast as I could. 

[78 k550]

Sweet Jerry,
Moab but not sure when I went down there it was to 4 wheel so we hit Fins and Things Hell's canyon, Spider something and a few others none where that paved.   

I wanna go it looks fun. Just got back from SD and broke down 12 miles outside Torrington, Wy. I'm home now front 2 crbs not seem to be getting fuel.

We got 15 bikes in front of #10 saloon. mostly naked Wings.

Paul

[faux fiddy]

Then you REALLY do need to do Needles AND Arches! Just don't spend too much time at the brewpub in Moab!  All their beer is 3.2 anyway  This is one of those "alternative" routes that I'd bet most folks bypass and stay on US163/US191 instead.

Someone mentioned  US  261.

I'm really bummed as I hear they changed the name of the hiway '666,'   Not sure what they call it now.

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

My "this year" Colorado map has US666 as US491 now.