Guess the spot: Utah Edition

[regehr]

ok, I don't suspect this'll be too difficult, approximately where am I sitting?

 

[b.stark]

On the ground.

 

[John Morrow]

Did you think it was the Bobway or someplace else? Did you know there are two Bobways right near each other just as there are two Bobby's Holes near each other what's the deal?

Edit: Check that the northern pass between Fold and Stevens canyon is called "Bobs Way" and the exit on the westside south of Fools is called the "Bobway". Sorry to clutter the Guess the Spot thread with this.

First I thought Bobway, then I thought Scorpion! But I was blurting out w/o any research confirmation

 

[regehr]

On the ground.

totally a camp chair!!!

 

[XID_AZ]

It feels like it's in the vicinity of Canaan Peak or Powell Point.
It's Boulder Mtn to the left and Mt Ellen to the right, with Impossible Peak in the middle.
Am I close or way off?

 

[regehr]

It feels like it's in the vicinity of Canaan Peak or Powell Point.
It's Boulder Mtn to the left and Mt Ellen to the right, with Impossible Peak in the middle.
Am I close or way off?

correct about Boulder Mtn and Mt Ellen! location is a bit more prosaic, a popular car camping area somewhat to the east of Canaan and Powell

 

[b.stark]

totally a camp chair!!!

In sand my camp chairs seem to sink in until I'm on the ground anyway.

 

[SteveR]

Could this camp spot be in the Spencer Flats area?

 

[regehr]

yep! take it away

 

[SteveR]

Well, I could have pulled out yet another nondescript canyon photo, but in deference to regehr, let's continue with the "where is this Utah camping spot" theme.

 

[regehr]

Well, I could have pulled out yet another nondescript canyon photo, but in deference to regehr, let's continue with the "where is this Utah camping spot" theme.

is it... west desertish??

 

[regehr]

or is that some Morrison Formation? hard to tell in that light!

 

[Jackson]

Well, I could have pulled out yet another nondescript canyon photo, but in deference to regehr, let's continue with the "where is this Utah camping spot" theme.View attachment 110299

Is this up the road just west of Goblin Valley?

 

[SteveR]

Is this up the road just west of Goblin Valley?

Well yes, it is!

 

[Jackson]

Well yes, it is!

Awesome! I think I may have camped in that exact spot 5 or 6 years ago. Hard to be certain since there are so many little spots like that, but that feature seems pretty familiar.

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Edited this to keep the "car camp sites" thing going.

 

[SteveR]

Awesome! I think I may have camped in that exact spot 5 or 6 years ago. Hard to be certain since there are so many little spots like that, but that feature seems pretty familiar.

Looking the other way, a bit later that same morning at breakfast time:

It's a nice area that we've stayed at several times, with little coves where you can have some privacy. Neighbours around the next bend or two, who we couldn't see or hear, were flying a drone in circles overtop us the previous evening. I gave it the finger which seemed to get the message across!

 

[Jackson]

Looking the other way, a bit later that same morning at breakfast time:
View attachment 110326
It's a nice area that we've stayed at several times, with little coves where you can have some privacy. Neighbours around the next bend or two, who we couldn't see or hear, were flying a drone in circles overtop us the previous evening. I gave it the finger which seemed to get the message across!

I'm trying not to be hyperbolic but drones are among the worst things to happen to peace and quiet in the outdoors in the past decade. Glad they stopped.

 

[regehr]

I'm trying not to be hyperbolic but drones are among the worst things to happen to peace and quiet in the outdoors in the past decade. Glad they stopped.

in similar situations I've daydreamed about a 12 gauge with a full choke

 

[SteveR]

I'm trying not to be hyperbolic but drones are among the worst things to happen to peace and quiet in the outdoors in the past decade. Glad they stopped.

Like most things, it depends on human behaviour. In Kauai in 2015, we were sitting alone at the end point of a ridge hike when a couple who we had passed earlier showed up. After chatting a bit with us and eating their lunch, the guy asked if it would be ok if he flew his drone for a few minutes. We said sure, he got it set up nearby and flew around the area taking a video for maybe 5 minutes at most. No problem! He then packed it up, and took the profile photo at left.

 

[Rockskipper]

Like most things, it depends on human behaviour. In Kauai in 2015, we were sitting alone at the end point of a ridge hike when a couple who we had passed earlier showed up. After chatting a bit with us and eating their lunch, the guy asked if it would be ok if he flew his drone for a few minutes. We said sure, he got it set up nearby and flew around the area taking a video for maybe 5 minutes at most. No problem! He then packed it up, and took the profile photo at left.

That could've been my nephew. He does a lot of drone photography in Hawaii (lives there). He was going to bring his drone to the Tetons last summer until I told him it's illegal to fly in the parks. He has some fantastic footage of the Na Pali and other places on the Islands. I have a love-hate relationship with the things - love to see the footage, hate it when they're overhead.