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Drifting Around Indian Creek Country III

Friday – Sunday, January 26-28, 2024

January has kind of been off to a rough start for me and I was really feeling the need to get away for the weekend alone and in a place that I am familiar with and comfortable in; a place that feels like home. So I decided to spend the weekend hiking and camping in Indian Creek Country, which has been one of my favorite places to explore the past couple of years, especially in the winter when there aren’t many other people around. Anyways, if you saw my post from earlier this month, you might have noticed that my Jeep has been out of commission for a few weeks by now, and the good news is that I finally got it back from being repaired earlier this week. One of the camshafts in the engine needed to be replaced, which had been on backorder for a little while, and thankfully the powertrain of my Jeep was still just barely under warranty. Since I had already paid for a rental car through this upcoming Monday, I figured I would leave the Jeep home and take the rental Ford Explorer out this weekend instead. I left from work on Friday afternoon and made my way south through Moab and down the Indian Creek Corridor, where I found a campsite along the road to Lockhart Basin just after sunset. I then spent the remainder of the weekend just wandering around the canyon country to see what I would find along the way. Below are some photos from my wanderings this weekend.

I made it to the area where Indian Creek Canyon opens up just in time to catch the last light on the Wingate walls of Harts Point.

Last Light on Harts Point

Last Light on Harts Point II

There was a bit of color in the sky when I got up on Saturday morning.

Morning Explorer

South Observatory Ruins

South Observatory Ruins

North Observatory Ruins

North Observatory Ruins

North Observatory Wall

North Observatory Wall

Caught In Time

Caught In Time

Mushroom Ruin 1

Mushroom Ruin 1

Mushroom Ruin 1

Mushroom Ruin 2

Mushroom Granary

Mushroom Granary

Granary

Mushroom Ruins

Mushroom Ruins

Saturday afternoon I entered Canyonlands National Park and wandered down a section of Big Spring Canyon I had not hiked through before.

Exploring Big Spring Canyon

Big Spring Canyon

Boulder Ruin

Boulder Ruin

Just an evening view from back at camp.

Evening View

Hatch Point Cliffs at Sunset

Hatch Point Cliffs at Sunset

North Six-Shooter Sunrise

North Six-Shooter Sunrise

Morning Light in Indian Creek Country

Indian Creek Morning Light

 

Rock Art from Indian Creek Country

Faded Petroglyph Panel

Old Designs

Sheep & Anthro

Inside

Petroglyph Panel

Petroglyphs

Four of Nine

Descending Sheep

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