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Utah is super dry this year
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Utah is super dry this year
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All dressed up and ready to go!



Rode down to St. George to visit my mom. I avoided I-15 and took state highways through central Utah. There have been a number of brush fires so far this year, and it will likely get worse. I saw an awful lot of country which looks like the picture below.



06-30-2018, 08:30 AM
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RE: Utah is super dry this year
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That photo aside, I think you live in one of the prettiest states in the US!


06-30-2018, 08:32 AM
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RE: Utah is super dry this year
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(06-30-2018, 08:32 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: That photo aside, I think you live in one of the prettiest states in the US!
Thanks, LR. Western CO is just on the other side of the mountains, and has a lot of beautiful places. I'm not so much of a fan of eastern CO, it's like western Utah toward the Nevada border. But definitely the Rocky Mountains are breathtaking, no matter which side you're on. Thumbs Up


06-30-2018, 08:55 AM
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RE: Utah is super dry this year
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Bike is looking good there Roper. Dry landscape doesn't look so good. We've had the opposite. Rain, rain, rain...oh and heat. Like a sauna here.


06-30-2018, 09:14 AM
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RE: Utah is super dry this year
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(06-30-2018, 08:32 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: That photo aside, I think you live in one of the prettiest states in the US!

Agreed. Riding through Utah remains my favourite motorcycle adventure to date.

Absolutely breath taking.


06-30-2018, 11:54 AM
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RE: Utah is super dry this year
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That arid landscape looks all too familiar.


06-30-2018, 03:53 PM
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RE: Utah is super dry this year
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I have lost track of how many wildfires we have had in Colorado this summer with the hot and dry conditions. But the wife and I took our Jeep over Guanella pass Friday and it couldn't have been more green and beautiful.


07-01-2018, 12:33 AM
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Guanella's fabulous now that it's been paved all the way to Grant. Cottonwood Pass is now paved all the way, too.


07-01-2018, 06:50 AM
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RE: Utah is super dry this year
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Looks just like your average Aussie backyard during summer ... but maybe a tad bigger than most.

I'm guessing you might not have packed any wet weather gear for your trip.


07-01-2018, 09:30 AM
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