The Swell was right next to me when I was growing up in Carbon County, but I had no idea of its beauties and grandeur until I met my husband, Dewayne. Even though my husband is from Bountiful, Dewayne has discovered and introduced me to amazing places and adventures in the San Rafael Swell area of Utah. Over the last four years, I've had the best adventures of my life, many of which were in San Rafael. If you are able to walk short distances, and you love beautiful sights of nature where there are no signs of civilization, you owe yourself trips to the Swell. Maybe these pictures will inspire you to take a trip.
 Cabin on Sid's Mountain |
 You'll find several old cabins. |
 Moving dirt on the Swell |
 Take a look at the flowers. |
 Purple |
 Yellow |
 Pink |
 Everything looks good to go! |
 There are many different plants. |
 By Black Dragon Wash |
 Amazing colors |
 Emerald Pool |
 By the mouth of Eardley Canyon |
 Same pool |
 See our little back packs? |
 OH, and there we are! |
 Entering Fat Man's Misery Cache |
 Inside the Squeeze |
 Dewayne checking our coordinates |
 Caching friends at Top of the Reef |
 Cachunuts and friend |
 Just entering Moonshine Slot |
 Caching friend Bob in Moonshine |
 There's no prettier place. |
 Crawford Draw |
 Moonshine Wash |
 Assistance through the slots |
 Moonshine Wash |
 More Moonshine Wash |
 Dewayne & Bob - Moonshine |
 We've waded a couple of times. |
 This was an adventure! |
 Beautiful reflections |
 Dewayne climbing |
 Washing out the mud |
 What a life! |
 Seldom do we use ropes. |
 Interesting sites |
 Always beautiful sunsets |
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 One of many petroglyphs |
 Crawford Draw |
 Petrified wood |
 More amazing petrified wood |
 Crawford Draw with our grandson |
 See the little guy? |
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 All colors of rocks |
 All colors of flowers |
 I love the yellow trees! |
 Temple Mountain |
 Crawford Draw |
 Finding a cache |
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 More reflections |
 Skinny crossing |
 Top of the Reef |
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 Can you see the cache? |
 Colorful passageway |
 Awesome shapes |
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 On the road around Temple Mt. |
 Red, white and blue |
 Eagle Canyon |
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 Beautiful day |
 On the way to Devil's Racetrack |
 We've seen wild horses up close & far away. |
 Devil's Canyon |
 Slot in Devil's Canyon |
 Slippery slide in Devil's Canyon |
 Little Wild Horse Canyon |
 With the kids in Little Wild Horse |
 Sid's Cabin |
 Refrigerator by Sid's Cabin |
 Cabin by Copper Globe Mine |
 Copper Globe Mine |
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 Amazing finds in nature |
 Dewayne finding arrow heads |
 Saddle Horse Canyon |
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 Cool rocks by the highway |
 Dewayne finds a cache there. |
 Side canyon by Black Dragon |
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 Rock colors at Triple Canyon Treat |
 Assending the reef |
 Color contrasts |
 On our way to the Knob - highest point |
 Where I stopped |
 Dewayne made it to the top! |
 San Rafael Knob - highest point |
 Inside cabin at Sid's Mt. |
 Pictographs |
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 San Rafael hiking is great! |
 By If You Dare Cache |
 The Wedge Overlook |
 If You Dare Cache |
 On our way to the top of the reef |
 Dewayne goofing around again |
 Slippery sliding again |
 Quit clowing around, Dewayne |
 Little Wild Horse Canyon |
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 Old Corral |
 By Black Dragon |
 Above Black Dragon in Fall |
 Above Black Dragon in Spring |
 Resting along the trail |
 At Million Dollar View Cache |
Send us email at dewdean@comcast.net |
 Our favorite San Rafael shot |