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Scott P · Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 1743

Don't know about Granite Pass, but count on millions of mosqitoes around Green River Lakes until after mid-August.

Shan · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 794 Location: Cache Valley

Quote: but count on millions of mosqitoes around Green River Lakes until after mid-August.

Ditto this. I've been in June, July and August, and by far late August was the best weather/bug wise. Didn't even use repellent in August. They were bad in July unless there was a good breeze and you were walking into the breeze!

That is probably my favorite spot done as a canoe trip.

jimflint1 · Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 552 Location: Middle-of-Nowhere

We took our daughter camping for the first time at two months. I don't remember her crying a whole bunch, but it was real inconvenient for my wife who had to nurse her. But that was 24 years ago. What do I know?

Wild One · Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 96 Location: Columbus, OH

Yeah, this is an old thread, but suddenly I find myself wondering the same things. My wife and I just had a little boy, he's like 3.5 weeks old and I haven't been backpacking or even camping in well...like 4 months. (I made my wife go to the Swell with me, like 6 months pregnant and don't think I'll ever live that one down). But I'm going crazy, I have to get out and really want to take Brightyn (my kid) but do you guys think it's too early? I mean he's almost a month old isn't that good enough?

accadacca · Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 7861 Location: On Your Screen

Well I think your kid would survive fine...but yer wife might be another story. :haha:

brettyb · Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Posts: 99 Location: Salt Lake City

This is the OP again. For what it's worth, we did end up going, but our plans changed substantially from what I had inquired about (thanks for all the advice though). We went last weekend, and car camped two nights at the Green River CG in Dinosaur National Monument. Not the best choice for August in retrospect, but we didn't want to drive quite as far as, say, the Winds, or Bryce, etc.

In brief, our two person tent proved to be very cramped with the baby, who rolls and tosses a lot in her sleep. The second night there were multiple spells of thunder and lightning, which freaked Mom & Dad out, but baby slept through. We packed up to the car on two different occasions b/c of the weather, which is kind of absurd in retrospect, but we felt very vulnerable at the time. B/C of the weather, I had to put the rain fly on the tent, so it got quite stuffy inside. After a largely sleepless night, we got a cabin at the KOA Vernal for the third night.

I think Dinosaur is a greatly underrated destination. We drove the Harpers Corner drive for the first time this visit, and the view from the end of the Harpers Corner Trail is just phenomenal. And very few people. We also visited the McConkie Ranch petroglyphs, which are just awesome, on par with the best I've seen in Horseshoe Canyon or Sego Canyon. Vernal sure seems to be thriving with the energy price boom, but boy is it redneck-y; scads of huge pickup trucks everywhere.