Hard to believe last Thursday I was standing at the top of Alta, ready to plunge down a High Boy run in waist deep powder, then just 2 days later, I was packing up the KTM for a moto ride into the Utah west desert for an overnight camp-out. Darth and I rolled out of Park City late morning on Saturday, April 18, 2009, the first real trip of the spring. We rode highway through Salt Lake City, then west to Tooele. They say it’s only 30 miles from SLC, but it seems like a whole different world out there. After a windy mountain pass and some good dirt road cruising, we ended up at Simpson Springs, an original Pony Express stop with a replica carriage house and some BLM campsites. We have been through Simpson Springs on many dualsport rides, including the Trans-America Trail ride last spring, and Loop The Lake in the fall. This time, we had the whole place to ourselves, except for Darth’s parents and son who drove out to join us in their sweet camper van. With the van stocked up with food, drink, firewood, and frisbees for frisbee golf, we weren’t exactly roughing it. We set up camp in the afternoon, did some kite flying, exploring, cooking over a charcoal fire, and kicked back and watched the sun go down over the basin.
View of our campsite at Simpson Springs
View of the Simpson Springs Pony Express route, carriage house in the distance.
Flying Darth Nater’s kite in the campsite.
Campfire and Sunset.
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