New Roads

Did someone say travel down new roads? I often ride with Ed when he is working. Every once in a while we turn left or right and go down a road we have never been down before just to see where it will take us. It is always FUN! The first part of November we turned left coming back from Price, UT. There's a road there that Ed has seen trucks coming out of. It is across from the now ghost town (at least very vacant town) of Woodside, UT. We traveled back about 5 miles or so and it ended up turning into a trail for 4-wheelers and a wildlife refuge. When we turned around I walked down by the Price river that was running parallel to the road. Ed was shocked to see that the river was running the wrong way. We went back down the road towards the highway and Ed wanted to see the river again, not believing it was running the wrong way. We drove back towards the river, down a little hill. (PS: There were tracks down there, someone had been there before us.) Believe me, there is DRY Quicksand in Utah. After a few hours of trying to get unstuck, we finally called a tow truck to come help us get out. The tow truck got stuck in the quicksand too but it at least got us out of the hole we were in, but alas, the tow truck was in front of us on the little hill. I laughed and told Ed and the tow truck driver that I did NOT pack hot dogs or marshmallows!!! We helped each other and finally got out before it was totally dark. Oh yeah.... one other thing. The work truck has OnStar roadside assistance, HA! A big waste unless as they told us, "you are on a well traveled road". They don't work out in the sticks!! The scenery at the foot of the Bookcliffs was great and the Price river is the only river out in the west that does indeed run the wrong way!!