Mileage: 68,179

Nine Mile Ranch RV Park Wellington, Utah

We had offered to take Linda and Dominik out of town with us. They were headed to Goblin State Park and then the other 3 national parks in the area. In order for them to get there, they either had to backtrack many many miles, or travel across Interstate 70. Since we were leaving on the same day, we met them at the Maverick Station and packed their gear in the Jeep and the bikes in the RV and we set out. There were many places along 191 where there was no shoulder or the shoulder was composed of a rumble strip. Once we were on 70, there was no other bicycle traffic and it is a very busy highway with a speed limit of 80 mph. I did check and we were 1,757 miles from home on 70…amazing really that we could just get on 70 and go straight home! We took Linda and Dominik to Route 24 where we left them on the side of the road. A quieter country road with less traffic. They were grateful for the lift. We once again parted ways, but it is possible we will catch up with them again in one of the parks. For now, we are headed north toward Price. We have to get the Jeep serviced and that was the nearest Jeep dealer.

The view was fairly unremarkable. Once we left Moab, we left the red rock behind. The view was rather grey and plain with stubby desert bushes.

As we traveled north, we found ourselves in a small town called Wellington. A Google search recommended a stay at the Nine Mile Ranch in Nine Mile Canyon. We called and they could accommodate us. As soon as we turned onto Nine Mile Canyon Road, the view got much prettier. We were on a Backcountry Byway.

Signs of autumn.

Open range.

Back at the ranch.

We stayed inside most of the afternoon. It was very windy. As I was cooking dinner, Tim thought he could hear cattle. Nine Mile Ranch is actually a working cattle ranch. The cattle had wandered into the campground and were mooing rather loudly!

We decided to go for a sunset ride through the canyon.

Goodnight ladies!