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Bobstandard

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10. You can camp right on the edge of the canyon pictured!

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Tue Nov 23, 2021, 11:58 AM

Nov 2021

There is a rough camping spot right on the edge of that canyon. You reach it by paved road. There are even pit toilets. The desert views on the way there are spectacular! Put it on your list!

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President Joe Biden protected this. Bears Ears/Grand Staircase-Esclante. To me, best POTUS ever [View all] Botany Nov 2021 OP

Glad He Did... GB_RN Nov 2021 #1

Congress should pass legislation to protect these lands. Midnight Writer Nov 2021 #2

+1,000,000 ancianita Nov 2021 #12

Beautiful country ybbor Nov 2021 #3

After protecting Bear's Ears (time*) Biden/Interior Sec. Deb Haaland protected Chaco Canyon, N.M. Botany Nov 2021 #4

Never got to Chaco Canyon ybbor Nov 2021 #8

In 2022 I want to visit those areas ... thinking of bringing my yellow lab Botany Nov 2021 #11

If you get a chance, go to nearby Monument Valley, esp an hour before sundown and the hour after. ancianita Nov 2021 #13

The King in His Throne Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #14

Do you know where the area of the Colorado R. (?) is that I have in my O.P.? Botany Nov 2021 #15

No. Both times ancianita Nov 2021 #17

I believe they are the Goosenecks of the San Juan River. There's an overlook PaulRevere08 Nov 2021 #18

I can confirm the top photo is Goosenecks which is a UT state park DeeNice Nov 2021 #23

Funny I never heard the name Goosenecks either time I visited. ancianita Nov 2021 #24

On the other side of the highway and back a ways you can hike out to an PaulRevere08 Nov 2021 #26

That's exactly what I thought as well ybbor Nov 2021 #28

A couple of photos from Buckskin Gulch ybbor Nov 2021 #29

I think I've been on that road.... Sogo Nov 2021 #20

It's one of the best, if not the only way, to get into the Valley. ancianita Nov 2021 #25

Oh ok, then it's not the road I'm thinking of, Sogo Nov 2021 #32

Not sure if you saw, but ybbor Nov 2021 #31

Yea for us ampm Nov 2021 #5

K&R. And all the gratitude in the world for the president who save countless lives ffr Nov 2021 #6

Thank you, President Biden! Mysterian Nov 2021 #7

That's wonderful nt XanaDUer2 Nov 2021 #9

You can camp right on the edge of the canyon pictured! Bobstandard Nov 2021 #10

Do indeed go to every single place you see on your map. You'll feel the glorious trip of a lifetime. ancianita Nov 2021 #16

Beautiful land - thank you President Biden! n/t iluvtennis Nov 2021 #19