Day 3 continued
Boulder Mountain
This was an awesome drive up Boulder Mountain. You could see for miles and the landscape was incredible. The mountain had aspens at the higher altitudes and it was really green. The mountain is an open cattle range so cows were all over the place.
Town of Boulder
This tiny town has a population of 150 people and it is clear in the mountain. Completely isolated from anything for hours in either direction. We drove through as the sun was setting and the town was having a big party with live music and it was so quaint. I can't imagine what life would be like in such a tiny, isolated town. I think the majority of them are mountain cattle ranchers. It was neat to drive through.
On the south of Boulder, UT the road is built on what they call the "hogsback" which is a narrow ridge between huge canyons. The photo above doesn't do it justice, but for miles the road was curving along this narrow strip with cliffs of canyon on either side. We read that it was completed as a government funded project to provide jobs during the Great Depression (Civilian Conservation Corps) and was finished in the early 1940s. It was the first time the residents of Boulder, UT received regular mail deliveries. It later allowed them to have electricity for the first time in 1947. It was crazy to see these power lines perching on the edge of the cliffs.
The rest of the canyon on our way out of boulder toward Escalante.
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