After enjoying the San Rafael Swell area I moved southward.  In Utah you don’t have to travel far to find new adventures.  My first stop was at the BLM office is Hanksville.  It was enjoyable to talk with the man working the information desk when I arrived.  He was a local that loved the land and suggested over a week’s works of activities. Such enthusiasm for the land is fun to experience and share.

A highlight for me was a visit to the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry.  I knew no one would be working at the quarry, but the thought of seeing an actual dinosaur quarry was exciting.  Off I went following the BLM directions – turn north onto Cow Dung Road about three miles west of Hanksville.   The drive to the site was gorgeous.

Road to the dinosaur quarry

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When I started planning my trip I kept reading references to the San Rafael Swell.  Slot canyons, historical mines, wild horses, pictographs, goblins, BLM land that will allow the dogs to run around, hikes, and lots of land for boondocking.  It sounded like my kind of place and it didn’t disappoint me. I had allocated three days of my trip for exploring the area, I could have spent over a week and not seen everything.

View of the San Rafael reef from the Goblin State Park

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