White Pocket

I was asking Clark what he wanted to do for his birthday the other day, and I mentioned that it might be fun to go do a hike, since it's getting to be nice weather and all, and he likes the hiking. He agreed that this would be fun, and remembered seeing a cool hike in our monthly St George Today magazine. So we looked it up. It's called White Pocket and it's at Paria Plateau/Vermillion Cliffs National Monument. Once we looked at the directions on how to get there, we decided that we wouldn't do this hike. Here they are:

"Directions to White Pocket from Kanab, drive 40 miles east on Highway 89. Turn on House Rock Valley Road, which is located on the south side of the highway (on right side, driving from Kanab). It is located between mile markers 25 and 26, before a sweeping left-hand curve in the road, prior to the guardrail protecting the curve. Slow down and turn right, just before the guardrail. This north-south running road is House Rock Valley Road. Set your odometer, since the unmarked turn to the trailhead can be difficult to spot. The road soon changes to dirt and may be impassible if wet. Continue past the Wire Pass Trailhead (8.5 miles from Highway 89) to the Utah-Arizona state line. Keep driving south for another 8 miles past the Wire Pass Trailhead and look for the dirt road that turns left. It is unmarked, but it leads to Lone Tree Reservoir. A sign located .2 miles after turning will verify that you are on the correct road. Follow the main 4WD road east for 2.4 miles to the Paw Hole Trailhead. Beyond Paw Hole, the soft sand on the road gets deeper and quite rugged, requiring some to deflate their tires to prevent from getting stuck. The road is similar the next 3 miles to the windmill at Poverty Flat Ranch. The road passes through two gates, which you will need to close after passing through them. Once at the windmill, travel northeast, passing the windmill on the left as well as an old barn on the right. The sandy road now gets deep as it ascends a hill, heading toward a large water tank that rests on a knoll. Be sure to keep up momentum and follow this sandy road to the east and then north for 1.8 miles until it arrives at a corral and a fence. At this point the road will turn right and follow alongside a fence for a short time. It will then continue east for 2.8 miles before steering northeast for another 1.5 miles. The road ends in a deep sand area by a lone juniper tree. This is the parking area and trailhead."

And this is just to get to the trailhead! Definitely not something we are going to do. But if anyone is adventurous, let us know how it goes.