WIND CAVES

I will be the first to admit that I do not get out exploring as much as I use too. With a 2 year old and twin 1 year olds it is a major ordeal just to go to the grocery store. This weekend my wife's brother and his family came down for a visit. Trying to figure out something to do we decided to go to the wind caves. This is a great place to explore with kids and just like anywhere you go out here the scenery is amazing. I decided to take one of our new Rubicon 4 doors just to see how it ran and to see what it could do. We loaded up the car seats and took off on our adventure. As we headed out I must say we were all really impressed with how the Rubicon handled, it was very comfortable and fun to drive. As we headed out it was a great day for being in the back country, traveling down Kane Creek, we stopped at the parking lot for the tombstone a popular place for basejumpers. There were a lot of cars but no basejumpers were jumping. We also stopped and looked at some petroglyph panels that are in the area and then headed out to Hurrah Pass. At 4870 feet you have some great views of the surrounding area. As we headed out again it the road was just rough enough that we were glad we had the Jeep, but not scary enough to make my wife freak out with the kids in tow.

We made it to the wind caves and set up a great picnic lunch on a natural rock table out. We then spent a few hours exploring the rocks and all the natural caves in this huge rock outcropping. It was a great afternoon, if we had left a little earlier we would have drove out to chicken corners which is very beautiful overlook, looking towards Dead Horse Point. After spending some time out there we turned around and made our way back to town. I think we were gone about 4 hours and it was a nice drive. Here are some pictures of our trip. If you are interested in doing this trip just come in and ask us and we will show you how to get there. Of course we would encourage you to rent a Jeep. Check out our Jeeps at www.canyonlandsjeep.com

coop mana small ledge that was easily climbedexploring the cavesone of the switch backs