Canyonlands after the Storm

It’s one of those days.  I had a plan to photograph the potash lakes south of Canyon Lands and take the Shafer’s trail up into the park.  I woke up at the rest stop where I had not slept too well.  I headed into Moab and followed the GPS to Potash Road.  I must say my research on Google earth and GPS devices lead me astray as to how difficult traversing this road would be.  At some point I figured the GPS must be kidding about it being a road and not a goat trail.  In all seriousness this is not some place for the family Volvo.  I would not attempt it is my wife’s Altima and if I had felt a little less secure in driving my CR-V I would not have attempted it.  It is a jeep trail and it has some very rough spots.  There are some better roads but they are privately owned by the company who gathers the potash and cannot be trespassed upon.  If you have a 4 wheel drive vehicle you may consider it a fun drive.  I made it to the park boundary area and even went a bit further but I really had no way of knowing the distance or road conditions when having to climb up to the Mesa into the official park area.  So I turned around and went back to Moab.  It was lunch time anyway.  I’ve got video of the “road” and hope to post it when I get home with a reliable internet connection.

Dessert in the Desert