Wednesday, October 14
Pine Valley, southwestern Utah
“Reggie! Come to the window! I think you’re gonna’ wanna’ see this!”
Bridget, Reggie, and I leave camp this morning on an excursion to investigate the area known as Pine Valley, Utah.
There’s Pine Valley the town (first photo), Pine Valley the mountains (second photo), and Pine Valley the “recreation area. “
From our camp at Baker Dam Reservoir we travel north on Route 18 and turn at the tiny settlement of Central, taking Dixie National Forest Road 035 east toward the mountains.
“Gosh, Reg, they keep comin’! There’s five of them. Are you going to say hello?”
Reggie barks.
Not his furious, get-outta-here bark. His tentative, hi-there bark.
“Too bad we don’t understand hoof-tapping code. Well, maybe you do, Reg.”
Bridget ignores animals along the road. She’s seen her share of livestock.
“We’re almost there, Bridge.”
The road out of the town of Pine Valley, going toward the recreation area
We come to a parking area for the Santa Clara River Walkway.
“Let’s do this. It’ll be fun!”
Reggie races ahead of us, as usual.
He loves it when we walk in new places.
Bridget does, too.
She doesn’t show her excitement as much, but I can tell she enjoys these outings.
Reggie leads us across the footbridge.
“Watch out for that boulder!”
Pine Valley Recreation Area has been improved recently.
The paving of Santa Clara River Walkway is one of those improvements. I’m very impressed with the walkway. This isn’t a dinky, once-around-the-park walkway. It’s longer than the crew and I can manage. Wheelchair accessible all the way . . .
The entire river walk will be too much for us today.
Bridget is keeping up with us, but she’s panting.
“We’d better go back. We don’t want to turn this fun walk into work!”
It’s always a good practice to stop while the tails are still up and wagging!
There are SIX campgrounds at Pine Valley!
Two are group campgrounds and one is equestrian. They are in topnotch condition with new facilities, picnic tables, fire rings, parking pads, and paved campground loops. Water spigots are available, although now they are turned off for the season.
After our river walk, I load up the crew and drive us the short distance to the reservoir.
“Two walks in a row! Pretty nice, huh guys?”
Bridget rides in her car across the dam, while I do the pushing and the ever energetic Reggie scampers about.
Very few people are at the reservoir.
It’s a calm, clear, day in the high 70s.
I take a photo of the crew on the accessible fishing platform, but the photo doesn’t come out well. The platform is visible in the center of the next photo.
The paved walkway across the dam and along the reservoir connects with one of the campgrounds. There are RV campsites up the bank, making a short walk to the water’s edge.
Of course, the water level is low.
I hope it rises in the spring. I don’t have photos of the campgrounds because we walked enough this morning and the gates block us from driving through.
The elevation is around 6,900 feet which means pleasant, cool temperatures in summer and on this October day.
If you think you may like camping, hiking, cycling, horseback riding, fishing, picnicking, touring, or simply enjoying nature at Pine Valley, click this link for photos, a youtube video, and details.
Bridget and Reggie sleep on the return to camp.
They lift their heads when I stop for photos and then drop them into sleep again.
Here’s a little cabin nestled along the Pine Valley Mountains.
And here’s another cozy abode nearby . . . .
Probably the master suite closet is bigger than our entire home!
I hope you enjoyed this tour of Pine Valley.
I admit I threw it together without too much thought. We have lots to do today in addition to breaking camp and finding a new one. As always on moving day . . . If you don’t hear from us it means we’re in an area lacking internet.
The Bull Valley Mountains to the west, seen as we leave Pine Valley and return to camp
The crew and I have another excursion to show you before we wrap up our stay at Baker Dam Reservoir Campground, north of St. George, Utah. It was the highlight of our visit here!
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