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Show Safari Special . . . You can see almost forever from Tod of the World Safari trail Moab general contractor contrac-tor Rod Phillips this year leads a Safari trip to the Top of the World! Green valleys, gentle coloring and a good chance of seeing wildlife await the jeepers who choose the Onion Creek-Top Creek-Top of the World run. The trail begins by traveling up the Colorado River road, Utah Highway 128, to the Fisher Valley Ranch turnoff. Soon the trail is progressing thru a narrow canyon adorned with many slickrock spires. spir-es. Onion Creek, running through the canyon bottom, bot-tom, is crossed and recrossed many times. The creek received its name for the various odors caused by sulphur and other mineral deposits along the creek. When the trail breaks out of the canyon, the travelers will find themselves them-selves in the green Fisher Valley. Those with alert eyes may spot deer, lizards or other wildlife in this lush valley. Just before the ranch entrance, Rod will lead the group on a moderate jeep trail, eventually approaching a couple of dugways. After the first dugway is a possible lunch stop, depending de-pending on time required to reach this spot that overlooks Cottonwood Canyon. Leaving the area, drivers driv-ers will find they are traveling on a wide improved, rocky road used for drilling activities for the next several miles. The road winds through mesas and wide canyons. Eventually the trail reaches a spur that takes the jeepers to the Top of the World. The spur is a rocky climb that rises about 2,000 feet up to the Top of the World overlook. over-look. Visible are Fisher Towers, Fisher Valley, Onion Creek, White's Ranch, Arches National Park, and the Book Cliffs. As the panoramic scene is observed, parents are requested to keep a close eye on their children. The dropoff is steep and there are some deep cracks in the terrain. The troup will then drop back to the improved drilling road and follow the Dolores River drainage drain-age course to the Dewey Bridge on Highway 128. The bridge is an old single lane suspension bridge. From here Rod will lead the way back to Moab by way of the paved road through the Colorado River Ri-ver Canyon, an extremely scenic drive of slickrock cliffs and the Colorado River. t , r:" ... ...... . -vv.... Beautiful Fisher Towers, along Utah Highway 128 up the Colorado River from Moab, is a prominent feature along a number of the Safari routes this year. The Top of the World route climbs up the back side of the high bluffs to the left of Fisher Towers, giving participants a really different spectacular view of the Towers. |