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Nate and I rode the White Rim Trail on BMW R 1200 GS motorcycles. This is a permit only, 100 mile loop, in Canyonlands National Park in Utah. You will not see tourists here. The National Park Service only allows high clearance four wheel drive vehicles, bicycles (with a support vehicle) and street legal motorcycles. We did the ride clockwise in 3 days and two nights. We camped at Airport Campground (if you can call it a campground) and Potato Bottom C. Potato Bottom sites are all gorgeous and have some shade. This ride is not for inexperienced riders or anyone with fear of heights. There were real challenges including up and down Murphy's Hogback and up and down Hardscrabble as well as sand washes that took us both down a couple of times each. It was dry for the three days we rode and I would NOT want to do this if it was wet. On a smaller bike maybe. We planned this trip for about 6 months and had no idea just how visual stunning it was going to be. I'm a photographer and I had all sorts of plans to stay up and shoot some long exposure night photography but by the end of each day I was so fatigued from the heat, my fried nerves and standing on my pegs all day, that I was almost too tired to stay up. Riding the White Rim Trail you are really on your own and a breakdown or major injury could be catastrophic and very expensive.