yes, that part of utah is dry enough to dry out any amount of hurricane induced sogginess. i passed through a little west of there (price-green river-hanksville) last summer. too dry even for sagebrush. if you are still feeling soaked by next may, there’s a gang of lunatic geezers planning a couple weeks rambling around a little south of there in an area i think of as “wyle e. coyote country.” always room around the campfire for another lunatic.
image gallery of wyle e coyote country:
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