The story
A dirt spur leaves the Scenic Drive for a steep-walled canyon, ending at the Grand Wash and Cassidy Arch trailheads. It suits ordinary cars when open, but closes after storms. The gated openings of an old uranium mine show at the base of the cliffs just past the junction.
A dirt road leaves on your left in under half a mile, into Grand Wash. It's a mile and a quarter at fifteen miles an hour, for cars and RVs up to twenty-three feet when open. Allow twenty minutes. Skip it if storms threaten. We stay on the pavement. Boone has the tale of what's just past it, and what it paid.
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