Milton and I were going to do the Moab Rim trail on Friday. We invited H to come with us; when he said he'd rather do the Jackson's/Amasa Back loop instead, we hopped right on that good idea. We didn't get a super-early start, waiting for the sun to come up, but things are starting to cool off now so being on the trail at sun-up is not quite so crucial these days.
There were just a few cars in the Amasa Back parking lot when we pulled in, got our gear together and headed back up the Kane Creek road to the Jackson's trailhead. The little foot bridge across Kane Creek has been washed out in one of the recent floods but the creek was narrow and it was easy to get across without getting wet.
The way up went quickly, as it usually does. We could see a few jeeps and side-by-sides across the river, making their way up Poison Spider, but on our side of the Colorado, things were quiet. We saw no-one on the Jackson's portion and no-one on the Cliffhanger portion. Just blue skies and views for days.
We finally crossed paths with some MTBers on their way up as we were about a quarter of the way down the Amasa Back 4x4 road - I guess we did get an early start after all, relatively speaking. There was some motorized entertainment by then as well: three side-by-sides and then, later, four jeeps. The jeeps were a little sad: a couple of the guys were on the ground underneath one of them. Hopefully they got it going again but if they didn't, this guy can totally come rescue you.
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