Uraling to Spring Bottom Canyon and a relaxing last day of camping

 Tuesday, April 26

A warm day today, it would get into the 70s but with cloudy skies muting the effect of the sun's rays.  Still, very nice.

I rode Scarlett, my 2014 Ural Patrol Sidecar Rig, to Utah Hwy 313 which takes one to both Deadhorse Point State Park and the Canyonlands N.P.  I would turn off before both though, at the Lone Mesa Campground.

From that junction, it's about ten miles to the start of Spring Bottom Canyon Road.  There's a nice rock shelf which we've used in the past, during Ural Sidecar rallies, to pose our rigs on the edge of the precipice.

I managed to leave camp without the Sony Camera's memory card so all the pics are from my Pixel 4a Google Phone.

Today, it was only Scarlett:

From a bit further on, one can look at the road crossing the bottom of Spring Bottom Canyon.  Scarlett and I would be on that road shortly.

It's a narrow shelf road, carved out of the canyon wall, that leads one to the bottom.  Not too rough, some bouncy bits but otherwise not bad if you go slow and easy.

I got to the bottom with no issues, had a rest at a roped off area (campsite?, no signs) near the Green River,  then headed back on up to the top:

The rock columns are the same as the ones

in picture 4

Looking back towards the river

and back up on top....

I thought the Pixel 4a's camera did pretty good.  I made my way back to the junction with Utah Highway 313 and returned to camp shortly after.  It's about 35 km from the junction of Dalton Wells Road and Spring Bottom Canyon.

Though the canyon area became overcast and cloudy, the camping area was sunlit and warm.  I checked Scarlett's Final Drive's fluid level and found it just shy of the top mark on the dipstick.  For whatever reason, there's been no further leaking of gear oil from the front seal.  Hmmmm, not complaining mind you.  

Wednesday, April 27

Spent most of the warm day relaxing mostly, did some temporary repair work on Scarlett's right side pusher shock absorber mounts.  The rubber bushing has disintegrated, causing the shock to be slightly misaligned.  I think I have some bushings at home, so that's added to the post-camping task list!

Later in the afternoon, I took Scarlett for what is probably going to be her last off road ride for quite a while.  We went up Gemini Bridges Road, entering from US 191.  Rode up to the "viewpoint" I've used before.

Got back to camp with no issues and got things ready for a fast departure for home tomorrow morning.  Both motorcycles are loaded up along with most of the outside gear.  Just have to pack things up inside in the morning and its back to Colorado I go.