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+title: Cheap RV Living.com -Smiths Fork/Grey’s River Road: Part II
+date: 2015-08-14T14:16:19Z
+source: http://www.cheaprvliving.com/blog/smiths-forkgreys-river-road-part-ii/
+tags: trip, travco
+
+---
+
+![As you start north on the Grey's River Road initially it's narrow, winding and a little bumpy.  But it is spectacular!][1]
+
+**As you start north on the Grey's River Road initially it's narrow, winding and a little bumpy. But it is spectacular!**
+
+In my last post we were traveling the Smiths Fork/Grays River Loop and got as far as LaBarge Pass and the Tri-Basin divide where I turned north on Greys River Road. Once on the Grey's River Road you go over a slight pass and head down to Alpine. At the top of the pass the Grey's River is just barely a creek, much less a major river. As I followed the river I could actually watch it grow as the hundreds of little creeks flowed into it and by the end of the drive it was a mighty river! As you look at the photos you can watch it growing.
+
+![Here we've just started north on Grey's River.][2]
+
+**Here we've just started north on Grey's River. Road That's the Grey's River on the right of the road at the bottom of the hill–it starts as just a trickle!**
+
+The drive along the Grey's River road is gorgeous with beautiful mountain ranges on both sides. It's a very long drive and while it isn't beautiful the whole way, but overall it is well worth the time!
+
+![After just a few miles you are into hills and the creek has grown. You can see the road is slightly rough but anybody can drive it.][3]
+
+**After just a few miles you are into hills and the creek has grown. You can see the road is narrow but anybody can drive it.**
+
+The quality of the Smiths Fork Road had been very good, it was mostly two cars wide and in very good shape. At the very top it was a little bit rutted from the very recent snowmelt, but I'm sure in a few months traffic would smooth it out. For the most part you are easily driving 20-45 MPH depending on how curvy it is in an area.
+
+![The creek is growing into a river and is in a gorgeous area. ][4]
+
+**The creek is growing into a river and is in a gorgeous area.**
+
+![greys-top-tiny-creek][5]
+
+When I turned on to the Grey's River Road at the pass the quality of the road dropped dramatically. At first it is in a very narrow valley and the road is only one car width wide and you are driving 10 MPH. I came across an oncoming car and had to pull off the road and let him sneak past me. After a few miles it widens out but even then the road is fairly rocky with fist sized rocks and you are only driving 20 MPH. That lasts for about 15 miles and then all of a sudden the road becomes like a dirt super-highway. If you're willing to put up with the massive cloud of dust you're throwing up behind you, it's easy to comfortably drive 40-50 MPH from then on all the way to Alpine. Every so often it's wash-boarded but not very often.
+
+![Getting Bigger!][6]
+
+**Getting Bigger!**
+
+![It's turning into a monster!][7]
+
+**It's turning into a monster!**
+
+I highly recommend this trip for you as an extended camping spot, as long as you can do without internet. There is no cell phone or internet on it. All along both roads there are tons of spots where you can pull over and disperse camp, many right on creeks. I camped one night on the Smith's Fork and one night on the Grey's River and both times I was within 50 feet of a creek. A car can easily make the whole drive and I believe an RV could do the entire loop as well, but at its narrowest point (which doesn't last long) it would be very difficult if you came across another car headed the other way. One of you might need to back-up to a pullover.
+
+![This is very close to Alpine where it flows into the Snake River.and it's turned into a giant river.  I'm on a hill way above it, it's huge!][8]
+
+**This is very close to Alpine where it flows into the Snake River. It's turned into a giant river. I'm on a hill far above it, it's huge!**
+
+The closer you get to Alpine the more campers there are. For probably the last 20 miles there are tents, trailers and 5th Wheels in most of the nicer campsites. But that doesn't mean you can't find a campsite close to Alpine. There are dozens of little roads that head off the main road into the valleys of the mountain ranges that parallel the road. If you drive up any of them you will find many more campsites.
+
+![At lunchtime we headed up Deadman's Mine Road.  The mine is up on the side of that mountain.][9]
+
+**At lunchtime we headed up Deadman's Mine Road. The mine is up on the side of that mountain. It's at higher elevation so the snow just finished melting off. You can see some pretty good ruts in the road.**
+
+![The higher we got the rougher the road got, here you can see it still had water running down the road. We ate lunch just another 100 yards up the road.][10]
+
+**The higher we got the rougher the road got. Here you can see it still had water running down the road. We ate lunch just another 100 yards up the road in the shade of a big tree and Cody got to run around and wade in the water.**
+
+I only drove up one of them at mid-day because I wanted to find a spot to pull over and eat lunch. There were four reasons I drove up the Deadman Mine Road:
+
+* It was getting hot and I wanted to find shade.
+* I didn't want to eat lunch near the main road because traffic moves fast on it and I would be worried about Cody running free and possibly getting run over.
+* I also wanted to get far away from the dust of the main road—who wants to eat lunch and be covered with dust!?
+* It also looked like they would be beautiful valleys so I wanted to see if I could get some photos.
+
+![This is another one of the many roads leading off of Grey's River Road into a distant valley. You could easily spend the summer exploring them all.][11]
+
+**This is another one of the many roads leading off of Grey's River Road into a distant valley. You could easily spend the summer exploring them all.**
+
+The drive up towards Deadman Mine exceeded all my expectations! It was a beautiful drive along a creek surrounded by tall and beautiful mountains. The road was rutted from run-off but it wasn't anything the van couldn't handle—however, I wouldn't try to take a car or RV up it. I came to a perfect place for lunch, parked in the shade and had lunch. Cody and I needed to stretch so we walked up the road for a ways to stretch and I took some photos.
+
+![I probably have 100 pictures of Cody in the creeks on this trip!][12]
+
+**I probably have 100 pictures of Cody in the creeks on this trip!**
+
+Like everywhere else we had been on the drive, we were parked and walked along a pretty creek. Cody was in heaven on this drive because there was an abundance of squirrels to chase and whenever he got hot there was a creek for him to walk around in and cool off. There was also an abundance of deer on the trip, so many they are actually a risk. Numerous times they crossed the road right in front of me and a few times I was lucky to get stopped to avoid hitting them.
+
+![The closer I got to Alpine the more campers there were. This 5th Wheel was typical of the many campsites along the road. If you want to camp there it's easy to be within 10 miles of Alpone and you can run in there for internet access and supplies .][13]
+
+**The closer I got to Alpine the more campers there were. This 5th Wheel was typical of the many campsites along the road. If you want to camp there it's easy to be within 10 miles of Alpine and you can run in there for internet access and supplies. The river is just on the other side of the trees, and it has very good fishing.**
+
+Overall I have to say this is a magnificent drive that I highly recommend to everyone, especially in late June when the wildflowers are in bloom. The longer you can stay the more you'll love it! The main road is great and worth the trip but when you add the dozens of side-trips you can make up into the many mountain valleys, it becomes truly remarkable.
+
+![It doesn't get any better than this!][14]
+
+**It doesn't get any better than this!**
+
+[1]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/greys-road-topnice.jpg
+[2]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/greys-top-wilflowers-001.jpg
+[3]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/greys-tiny-rd-tiny-creek.jpg
+[4]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/greys-S-curve.jpg
+[5]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/greys-top-tiny-creek.jpg
+[6]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/greys-very-ncie-001.jpg
+[7]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/greys-wide-river.jpg
+[8]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/grey-whitewater.jpg
+[9]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/greys-top-pass-narrow.jpg
+[10]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/greys-deadman-creek-003.jpg
+[11]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/greys-valley-road.jpg
+[12]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/greys-cody-water.jpg
+[13]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/greys-5th-wheel.jpg
+[14]: http://images.cheaprvliving.com/greys-BEST-VAN-mntn-looming-002.jpg