We pack up camp and head back into the Park which we travel though on the way to Page, AZ. We set up camp at an RV park in Page. The campsite is close where we have an reservation of a photo tour of Antelope Canyon. More on that once we do the tour tomorrow afternoon.
Once set up we head west on Route 89 towards Kanab, Utah. We stop at a National Monument Visitor Center and inquire about driving to White Pocket. White Pocket is a dramatic number of twisted bedrock way off the beaten trail. We had traveled to White Pocket two years ago and hoped to return. We find that the roads are passable yet only by 4 wheel drive high clearance vehicles. Our Ford F150 meets the requirements so we get directions. Basically, it’s down the paved road 10 miles then about 20 miles on gravel miles. The report on this road is about 10 miles of graded road in good shape then 10 miles of road extremely rutted and in very rough conditions. The last part is a series of one lane sand roads in rough shape. This part is maybe 15 miles. We find the report on road conditions accurate.
Shortly before we reach the parking area for White Pocket we encounter three vehicles; a jeep parked in the road in front of us heading in the same direction; a All Wheel Drive car facing us but buried to the undercarriage in sand pointed in our direction; and another pickup behind the car. There is no way to get around the vehicles on the one lane sand road so we stop and offer to help dig the car out. After half an hour the car is jacked up and sand ramps are under the front wheels. With all of us pushing the car is out of the sand. The person is lucky since it would have been several hours and lots of cash to get towed out.
With the delay in our traveling to White Pocket we only had twenty minutes to enjoy the scenery and photograph then we turn around and reverse our trip for the two hour plus trip back to the camper.
Seeing North America 