Outlaw Trail '98 --Picture Links

[Nat & Richard <trailride@foothill.net>]

Nat and I are back from last week's Outlaw Trail Ride in Utah.  We took some
pictures with the digital camera and have loaded a few out on our website.  If
you have never ridden the Southern Utah area (Bryce Canyon, etc.) here's a few
teasers:

  1.  http://www.foothill.net/natalies/images/outlaw/teasdale.jpg
      Nat on MuNiqui the afternoon before the start of the Ride at Teasdale
      base camp.

  2.  http://www.foothill.net/natalies/images/outlaw/otday1.jpg
      Taken from one of the high passes (~10,000ft) looking East.  The farthest 
      ridge is probably some 200mi in the distance.

  3.  http://www.foothill.net/natalies/images/outlaw/otday2a.jpg
  4.  http://www.foothill.net/natalies/images/outlaw/otday2b.jpg
      We had diesel problems (3 bad glowplugs) on day two.  Nat skipped riding
      for the day so we could drive on to Escalante for repairs.  We took these
      two shots from "Hell's Backbone," a divide between two canyons that
      is barely wide enough on top for the road.

  5.  http://www.foothill.net/natalies/images/outlaw/otday3.jpg
      A shot of some "hoodoo" outcroppings near the finish of the day 3 ride.

This ride is an incredible challenge, but the scenery AND the people who present
it (Crockett & Sharon Dumas) make it truely wonderful.  This is endurance riding
at its best, an experience we will carry with us always.

Nat went on to finish four of the five days, 210 miles in all.  We rode together
on the last 50, my not having to move the rig that day.  It was really cool to
ride down through those redrock canyons on horseback.  Absolutely awesome.

/richard

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