Flaming Gorge Reservoir

Flaming Gorge Reservoir Another oasis in the high desert. This 91-mile long reservoir is created by a beautiful arch dam in a curved red-walled canyon and stretches up into Wyoming. In fact, the larger part of this body of water is in Wyoming. We camped three nights at the Mustang Ridge campground. We’ve seen chipmunks everywhere out here, but this place must hold the record, and they are very active – we had to make sure our tent and truck were secured around the clock to keep these seemingly caffeine-crazed rodents out of things. We know at least one was in the tent the first night. A few bunnies and deer circulated around the sites. And we had to stop on the highway to spare a young coyote from becoming road-kill. One sad note is that in 2002, a fire destroyed 19,000 acres of trees in this area, leaving large swaths of tree skeletons. Regeneration will take years due to the slow growth rate. It still remains a spectacular recreation area.