From Page we headed east 150 miles or so, after hearing about the Holy Grail of boondocking spots. Two of them actually. First up was Goosenecks, which isn’t technically boondocking any longer since they now charge ten bucks a night—but the location is amazing, and is well worth the price of admission.
The San Juan river runs a series of horseshoe switchbacks through here, running six miles to cover one-and-a-half miles of distance. Goosenecks camping is right smack dab on the inside of one of those horseshoe turns, just over 1,000 feet above the water.
Fortunately most of the cliff here wasn’t a sheer drop like Horseshoe Bend was, so while we had to worry about the kids falling off and breaking a leg or two, we didn’t have to worry too much beyond that.
We parked in three different camping spots before finally settling on one for the night.
Ali thinks the bus looks toy-sized when I’m standing on it.
Some day it’ll look that way when he is standing next to it too.
Or her.
At one point I counted 16 planes in the sky. You could easily be fooled into thinking the U.S. is under attack.
Sometimes you just have to shake your head and let them do what they are going to do.
24 Comments on “Goosenecks State Park”
Wow! Fabulous journey you are all on. The photos just keep getting better and better, the narrative too. This is astounding scenery but you have turned me into a Mexico addict so better go and start clearing all my tat out and work out how to cross the pond this time. Thanks so much for sharing. Simply ace. 🙂
Thank you, and you’re welcome. Glad to see you’ve finally finished your marathon reading session. 🙂
Wow,. great photos! We were there just 2 years ago, and I had already forgotten how beautiful it is. And you are right, sometimes kids must do what kids must do.
Lowe: “Evil Kenevil ain’t got nuttin’ on me.”
That was my thought exactly!
That last photo is incredible. What a great shot of how the river winds and winds along. You are in beautiful country.
Fantastic.
10% Grade? Holy crap! If it was any longer than ¾ mile I’mpretty sure Flipper would balk at going up and I would balk at going down. That little 4 cylinder engine hauling over 6000 lbs has made me hyper-aware of grade measurements. Nice photos Pat Zapata.
Yeah, it’s never fun to come around a corner and see that sign. 🙂
Great pictures. I hope you guys take the kids on the small gauge train ride from Durango to Silverton. They’d love it. It’s round trip, so you can leave your ride in a parking lot for the day. We did this a couple years ago. Take a movie camera and you can capture the little train as it winds around the mountains.
Won’t be over that way this time through, but will keep it in mind for next time.
Another one for the bucket list…
So gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your adventures. We just moved into our Airstream and will start traveling full time next year. Goosenecks State Park is now on our must visit list (along with other sites you’ve shown us). Thanks for the inspiration!
Congrats. Tiny living. Have fun.
Nothing like a ” room with a view”! Brings back memories of our “camping” days.
Are you staying in Moab again?
Not this time, unfortunately.
We enjoyed Goosenecks and have stayed there a few times (before the fee). We also love visiting Valley of Gods but never took the RV for fear of scraping going through the ditch near the entry. Utah is an amazing and diverse state… enjoy.
I’m assuming you’re talking about the east entrance, which is where we went in. We didn’t have any problem, but yeah, with a 5th wheel it might be close.
Awesome blog as ever 🙂
I see you’re starring in the Daily Mail today. I do hope they paid you for your photo?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3527265/The-tranquil-reality-holiday-idylls-Pictures-blissful-images-Greece-Thailand-s-beaches-Great-Wall-China-long-way-truth.html
This has been going around to all of the clickbait websites out there. You must be joking about the Daily Mail paying for a photo. I seriously doubt they even have a system in place that has ever paid for a photo. They simply rip them off a google image search, post a ridiculous article, collect their ad revenue. What an absolutely horrible business to be a part of.
Long time reader of your blog. Just sharing this link in case any of your boating friends happen to be cruising around the Yucatan or western Caribbean. These lost fisherman need all the eyes looking for them that can:
http://www.riviera-maya-news.com/five-fishermen-remain-missing-from-isla-mujeres/2016.html
https://www.facebook.com/TheMissingAnastacia/
Ouest looking more like Ali every day. Don’t know where YOUR genes disappeared to Pat ! 🙂
Stunning!! I cannot believe our beautiful this place is. We will have to visit when we come to US in a couple of years.