Sunday, October 3, 2010

Holy Cow... Let Me Get Through This Alive!





That particular thought/prayer did cross my mind a couple of times Friday night. You see, we went on a guided Jeep tour in the Sand Flats Recreation Area just outside of Moab, Utah.

Our tour guide was the infamous Dan Mick. I must admit I'd seen his signature white jeep, with yellow to orange gradient striped outlines, around town and wondered what made this tall, bearded mountain-man-looking tour guide so revered in this valley community.

Over the course of the next 5 hours we discovered why his reputation was larger than life. When it comes to crawling along the rocks and fins stretching out like fingers & legs all around Moab, this guy is king!

In the picture above where I'm taking a picture through the windshield you see the black streaks on each side of the rock crevice... that would be Dan's own Hell's Gate climb. No one else can lay claim to this steep climb (as we went up I was plastered to my seat by the incline) or has the kahunas to try it!

When I saw that looming in front of us, I had a serious discussion with God!!!

The picture of the Jeep reflecting in the pond is way up high on the slickrock formation. It was getting to be sunset and the scenary was full of reds, blues, pinks and yellows. The rocks and the sky all blended together.

I've enclosed a video of Dan taking me straight up a rock ledge then turning around and going down. Then he backed up the ledge as another jeep full of onlookers cheered him on. As I said, he is a legend in these parts!

There are many good tour companies in Moab and I highly recommend you use one of them when you come to Moab. If you want a white-knuckled trip... see Dan!

Till next time,

Vicky & Bob Heron (Capt. Jack & Jesse James)

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