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Exploring the North Swell

I decided to spend the next day of my trip exploring the Swell on the north side of I-70. Once again, I ran into really rough roads. They didn’t have a high difficulty rating in my backcountry roads book, but clearly, they have deteriorated. At one point, the road was washed out and I decided to travel off-road around the obstacle. Bad idea. My car was not excited about going up a hill of soft sand, and I had a scary moment where I was stuck. I am trying to be better about using good judgment, so I turned around and took an alternate route.
I had lunch overlooking the Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River. Once again, I wanted to be down IN it, not just on top of it.



I saw some really amazing rock art and appreciated the interpretive displays. There was a family there making fun of the art, and I couldn’t help but think that that is some bad karma waiting to happen. There is something extremely eerie about this ancient art… Not something you should mess around with.










I also hiked to an overlook of the Black Boxes of the San Rafael River. The terrain is so different on the north side of the Swell. It wasn’t a super exciting day, but still fun to see something new. 
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