Mog fun in Pritchets canyon with Dan Sheran driving. Amazing to see the places this vehicle can go. While it was hot we all enjoyed the outing. Pritchets canyon is the highest rating of difficulty and is not taken lightly. I have done it many times on my dirtbike but wanted my family to experience the canyon as well. The could not do it on dirtbikes so we arranged for Dan to take them in his Mercees Benz Uni-Mog. I recommend everyone with a sense of adventure to take a mog tour some day. The video shows how much fun everybody had.

Sky on fire captured by Patrick Ruestchman at sunset at the cabin.

Sunsets at the cabin are second to none. Patrick Ruestchman caught this setting sun during the month of June.

A lizard visitor. Captured in this photo by young Patrick Ruestchman, colored lizards abound in the red rock country around Moab. On warm days they are speedy and fun to watch.

looking straight down into the strange and wonderful landscape of deadhorse pont. The spires below are almost a 1000 feet below.

A view into the canyons at deadhorse point.

mother and son Ruestchman enjoy
time together at the ledge.

Mother and daughter have a quiet moment of reflection on the ledge of castle valley.

. Wildflowers in bloom clinging precariously to the ledge of the Castle Valley Overlook highlight the beauty of this vista. Everywhere you look from this vantage point provides a unique view

Young Ruestchman has climbed down cougar canyon but now ponders how he will get out. The cabin sits 600 feet from this ledge.

Most people visit cougar canyon on the property and never see this relic from the past. Not sure what make and model it is but it has been there a long time. Often times during earlier years our ancestors just pushed unused items over the nearest ledge and forgot about them. I don't know the history behind this car but can imagine some rancher just pushing it over the edge and thinking nothing of it.

young guest Ruestchman on the trail to delicate arch

Dan Sheran and his daughter Aapree from Monticello Utah served as guides on a MOG tour of Pritchetts canyon. While smiling in this photo, Aapree maintained a stone face for almost the entire tour in the MOG, regardless of the situation. Going over or coming down huge ledges, inching past sheer cliffs, sliding off the trail...no matter, she was a girl without emotion, until this photo. We were all glad she smiled, although she never squeeled or screamed as some of the others did while in the MOG tour.

Family and friends in Pritchetts canyon practicing their Troll faces. Not sure why but they insisted on doing so when I would take a photo.
Aapree Sheran, Susie Lundberg, Dane & Katy Lundberg, Brady, Bjorn, Alley Lundberg, Ashley Shumway, Taylor Lansford, Torrin Lundberg.

Alexandra Lundberg and friend Ashley trying to remain glamorous in Pritchetts canyon despite the heat, sweat and dust.

Dan Sheran serving as guide in his UniMog up Pritchetts canyon.

A contrast in style, yet both comfortable. Friends Terry and Lorene Eagar, now retired, came and parked their RV in the cabin meadow. They reminded us on numerous occasions that being retired meant they could go where they wanted, when they wanted and most importantly nap when they wanted. I admit to being a bit jealous on all accounts but mostly the napping. They drove in with no problem and with auto levelers had an instant home. They have been best friends for our many Arizona years and provide an example of who we want to be whenever we reach their age.

Close up of the cabin's mountain blue bird feeding his chicks. The female while blue is not as colorful.

For the third year in a row, this mountain blue bird and his mate have raised a brood of chicks in the birdhouse. The amount of energy the parents expend bringing insects to the chicks is incredible. We never hear the chicks until a parent lands on the doorstep and then they all scream for the bug being delivered. In years past the male would spend time each day pecking at his own image on the pickup mirror. He either learned better or grew tired of it as he did not do that this year.

Taylor Lansford, Katy Lundberg and Briana Castle on the deck. Just returned from a hike.

Good friends Terry and Lorene came in their motor home, parked in the meadow and enjoyed some porch time. Ashley Shumway from Phoenix also came for a few days and enjoyed some hiking and off roading. Of real note was the visit by Grandpa and Grandma Fletcher. The first time they have been to the cabin, and only for a night. None the less we were excited that now they have personally visited the cabin and can now talk about it with us via first hand knowledge. Sam isn't getting any younger and made the decision he was coming. Barb, accomodated and they drove up, stayed a night then went back home to Springville.

Sons Torrin, Dane, Bjorn, son in law Brett, and friend Brady put forth a herculean effort to terrace a portion of the back yard. They leveled, then collected huge flat rocks from the property, (denting the bed of my pickup) and put them into position. Son in law Brett was advised to take some breaks as he spent a lot of time and effort making the new patio of sorts. He responded that preferred working over changing his child's poopy diapers...So he got an awful lot accomplished.

We replaced the old mattress in the Love Shack, down on the rim of Cougar Canyon with a new one and here son Dane is using it to haul some grandkids around the dirt road in style. Well at least a minimal level of comfort as they sat in the back on the mattress.

Vander as part of his routine, sitting on his bench on the cabin deck.

Grandson Vander Castle, had a routine while at the cabin over the week of the fourth of July. He would come out of the cabin, wander around the deck, come over and sit in his little bench, grunt a few cheerful little chirps to signify he was happy, then repeat the whole process.