Sometimes, you just feel like driving on some wide open dirt roads.
I went out to the Utah desert hunting for a few pictograph sites. Instead, I came across two cowboy camps. Not much is left at either of them: a broken stove, bed springs, dishes,
Box Flat and Prickly Pear Flat Cowboy Camps
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On the road
Along the two track
Our road gets a little rougher
And rougher
Some sandstone steps drop into the flat
If you look carefully, you might spot a bighorn sheep.
Another bighorn
I hike up a canyon
Tinaja
I stumble across an old cowboy camp.
A nice line of stones
Some debris
Beat up stove
And a bed frame
Stove
Home on the range. This old stove has quite a view.
I spot a cave across the flat and head over to investigate.
It is a small shelter with some firewood.
On the road again.
Getting closer
Some artifacts
Bed springs
A campsite
Another bed
Stove remains and rock alignment
Stove parts
Fireplace
Capital Universal No 268-16
Wash bucket
I found a wire cage around a juniper tree.
Storage?
This might have been to keep animals out rather than lock them in.
The camp had a great view.
Another wire mesh cage
In the canyon is a concrete dam
Little dam
I climb up on top of the mesa
This is a lonely country.
Last Updated on August 1, 2020 by Guy Starbuck
