Moments in Dirt and Ink

Salt Lake Field Office BLM Wells Field Office BLM ( map link ) I wasn't satisfied with the hike up Mount Pisgah as a hike next to the alkaline desert because Ferguson Mountain sat there blocking a lot of the view. Meanwhile, there is tufa at the Provo level of Lake Bonneville and I was interested in seeing some of it. The only information I had for that was walk around and you'll find it. The Provo level was around 4740 feet, which is higher than Blue Lake, but lower than the top of the Lead Mine Hills. I found a spot to park at the fence for the Air Force bombing and gunnery range a little below 4400 feet and aimed at exploring my way toward the Ferguson benchmark at 5565 feet and then the high point at 5661 feet. Ferguson benchmark at sunrise. Are any of these structures around its feet the Provo tufa? USAF Bombing and Gunnery Range. I was pretty sure none of my peaks were within this since it ends pretty quickly. Expecting this part doesn't get much use sinc...

Wells Field Office BLM ( map link ) I wanted to hike something at the edge of that vast, salt covered desert, so wandered down US-Alt-93 to access the Goshute Mountains with particular thoughts of hiking Goshute Peak itself. I missed that turn, but got the turn for my second choice, Pisgah Mountain. There's a geocache at the top of it including a description gushing about a grand experience with the folks from HawkWatch International that inhabit the top at certain times of the year. The road is best found by the wildlife viewing sign and highway maintenance station. From there, it's 5 miles of dirt road and 3 miles of trail. Turns out, the first part isn't suitable for my extra disabled Scion pulling a trailer, and the last mile or more isn't suitable to the Scion at all. (I couldn't get enough grip to climb the hill with the extra weight and it gets very rough at the end.) I turned onto a random bit of very old paved road (a piece of original Lincoln Highwa...