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Cougar Buttes

Postby sharon » Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:19 pm

Cougar Buttes is BLM land that has been designated as an OHV area (Off Hiway Vehicle, Soos). The area is incredibly beautiful and the jeeping is exciting. It's less than a 100 miles from my house, so it makes for a great w/e trip. I went up on Sat and came home yesterday.

Views from the front yard:

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View from the backyard:

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And then of course, there's the jeepin':

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And then, just when you're having fun....Bam! You break your toy! (Some guys just can't be trusted to play nice :lol: ) 2 hours to get back on the rocks...


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All in all, a great w/e with beautiful weather and gorgeous scenery. Well worth the trip.
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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby Liz » Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:22 pm

Great pictures, Sharon! I don't think I would enjoy that activity, however, but glad you had fun!
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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby VickieP » Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:24 pm

Beautiful scenery, glad yall had fun!!
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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby sharon » Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:26 pm

VickieP wrote:Beautiful scenery, glad yall had fun!!


Ronnie would love it there, Vickie! Lots of side by sides play in the smaller rocks there, plus lots of sand to play in, too.
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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby VickieP » Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:28 pm

sharon wrote:Ronnie would love it there, Vickie! Lots of side by sides play in the smaller rocks there, plus lots of sand to play in, too.

Shhhhhhhh! His is still in pieces, we need to put it partially together just to get it to the shop! :roll: :lol:
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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby Mollysmom » Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:45 pm

What a pretty place ! Thanks for the pictures - it looks like it was a fun adventure !
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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby retiredhappy » Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:31 pm

OMG Sharon, you guys are crazy. Love the scenery.
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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby mitch5252 » Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:02 pm

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What Karen said...

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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby Getupngo » Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:34 pm

I love that dry, rocky country. Glad they got the toy fixed.
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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby cpatinjones » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:32 pm

Nice area!
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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby BirdbyBird » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:36 pm

A whole different land out there........I need to go visit it... :)
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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby sunshinecruiserTN » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:59 pm

Okay, girlie, why are they called cougar buttes?
a. Cougars live there and come out and night
b. Cougars live there and fresh young men come out at night
c. No particular reason
A girl has to ask you know. :lol: :lol:
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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby dpf » Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:27 pm

sunshinecruiserTN wrote:Okay, girlie, why are they called cougar buttes?
a. Cougars live there and come out and night
b. Cougars live there and fresh young men come out at night
c. No particular reason
A girl has to ask you know. :lol: :lol:


Thank you Sunshine! I am so glad that I am not the only one that read Sharon's post with a demented mind! :lol:
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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby Sprinter » Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:42 pm

LOL!!! All I know is...I wanna JEEP!
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Re: Cougar Buttes

Postby snowball » Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:49 pm

I personally don't know the answer to the name of them but would bet that once upon a time some one saw a cougar in that area! hence the name!
we hosted at a campground by the name of Upper Coffeepot not far from the Coffeepot Rapids...we wondered why the rapids where named that ....come to find out a trapper upset his canoe and lost everything except.........got it... the coffeepot! they named things for strange reasons.

Sharon that looks like fun! our first winter in Q we rented a Rhino and went to find dripping springs there in BLM land ..my thoughts was "Dripping springs??? in the desert?" this I got to see... only we were too late in the spring to see them dripping! but had a ball trying to find it
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