{"id":847,"date":"2014-10-17T00:38:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T23:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/?p=847"},"modified":"2014-10-17T00:38:59","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T23:38:59","slug":"dead-horse-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/?p=847","title":{"rendered":"Dead Horse Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/moab-to-vernal-map.html\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Etter tips i Monticello om \u00e5 ikke kj\u00f8re forbi Dead Horse Point state park i Utah, s\u00e5 dro jeg inn etter en overnatting i Moab da jeg ikke s\u00e5 syn p\u00e5 \u00e5 rushe igjennom etter en lang dag i Arches National park.<\/p>\n<p>DHP er p\u00e5 langt n\u00e6r like stor som Arches, men den er Utah sin versjon av Grand Canyon og selv om det var noks\u00e5 overskyet s\u00e5 var det et rimelig imponerende skue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"dhp1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp1-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"dhp2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp2-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"dhp3\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp3-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parken var som navnet hinter til &#8211; formet som en tupp &#8211; hvor det p\u00e5 det smaleste ikke var stort breiere enn veien &#8211; kanskje noen meter klaring p\u00e5 hver side.<br \/>\nLegenden gikk p\u00e5 at cowboyer back yonder jaget ville hester ut igjennom denne &#8220;trakten&#8221; og fanget de p\u00e5 tuppen &#8211; s\u00e5 gj\u00e6rte de inn det smale punktet med greiner og buskas slik at hestene ikke hadde noen plass \u00e5 r\u00f8mme. Deretter tok de seg inn til hestene og forsynte seg med de hestene de mente var sterkest og best egnet, s\u00e5 lot de bare de andre v\u00e6re der ute fremdeles inngj\u00e6ret uten vann og mat &#8211; hence the name &#8211; Dead Horse Point.<\/p>\n<p>Fancy legende, men helt irrasjonelt &#8211; jeg forst\u00e5r ikke hvorfor disse cowboyene skal \u00f8nske \u00e5 ta livet av en haug med hester de selv ikke \u00f8nsket.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"dhp4\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dhp4-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Etter en god time i DHP s\u00e5 kj\u00f8rte jeg nord og \u00f8st og dreiet innom en ghost town, en helt fri for turistfeller og tjenester<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/cisco1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/cisco1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"cisco1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/cisco1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/cisco1-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/cisco2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/cisco2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"cisco2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/cisco2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/cisco2-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Det var riktignok 3 personer som stod blandt de falleferdige bygningene ved en pick-up &#8211; de skulte noks\u00e5 stygt p\u00e5 meg n\u00e5r jeg kj\u00f8rte forbi dem s\u00e5 jeg tok ikke bilde av dem eller &#8220;eiendommen&#8221; dems \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Uten en god plan p\u00e5 neste overnatting s\u00e5 ble det litt tilfeldig at jeg kj\u00f8rte til Vernal &#8211; men hotellet i Salt Lake City hadde jeg booket fra tors-s\u00f8n s\u00e5 jeg m\u00e5tte finne en plass for onsdagskvelden.<br \/>\nVernal viste det seg at var midt i en lite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/sltrib\/politics\/57729610-90\/growth-utah-vernal-boom.html.csp\" target=\"_blank\">oljeboom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Etter tips i Monticello om \u00e5 ikke kj\u00f8re forbi Dead Horse Point state park i Utah, s\u00e5 dro jeg inn etter en overnatting i Moab da jeg ikke s\u00e5 syn p\u00e5 \u00e5 rushe igjennom etter en lang dag i Arches National park. DHP er p\u00e5 langt n\u00e6r like stor som Arches, men den er Utah &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/?p=847\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dead Horse Point<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=847"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":852,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions\/852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hendelse.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}