![]() ![]() ![]() On their six-acre farm they grow the majority of their food and preserve, can and dry so that they can enjoy it both in season and after. In the breathtaking surroundings of southern Utah they have a restaurant committed to sustainability, environmental ethics, and social and community responsibility. In fact, one look at their list of accolades and you’ll see how many people agree. Boulder is a place you have to want to go to, and they have given people many reasons to do so. The story of their restaurant is best told through their cookbook, “ With a Measure of Grace” which chronicles not only the restaurant and recipes but also the town and people in it. It was there she and her business partner Blake turned the restaurant Hell’s Backbone Grill into something of a legend. We played “dentist” with it the whole train ride home… but that’s another story.Īfter working her way up through the culinary world Arizona Jenny moved to the tiny town of Boulder, Utah. Of the memories that stand out the most, the time she gave my sister and me each a lunchbox full of candy for Easter is at the top of my list. We didn’t get to see her often, but when the family got together in New Mexico she would braid our hair and play barbies with us, the kinds of things you really remember as a child. Living in Michigan we were far away from most of our family, so rather than confuse our two cousins named Jenny, we added the more exotic state – Arizona – to her name (sorry New York Jenny!). There is no cell phone coverage.Growing up we called her Arizona Jenny. Map apps may not show this route during winter or bad weather closures. This road brings you back to Highway 12 near the town of Escalante. ![]() The road runs halfway up Boulder Mountain to connect with the Posey Lake/Pine Creek Road. Getting there: Pull off of Utah Highway 12 about 5 miles south the town of Boulder and drive west on Hell’s Backbone Road (FR-153). The Escalante River was the last region in the contiguous U.S. They shop for Boulder-raised grass fed beef and lamb. The Grille grows its own organic vegetables, raises its own bees for honey and chickens for eggs. Inspired by both Buddhist and Native American cultures and cuisine, it is part of the growing slow food movement. Hell’s Backbone Grill is Zagat-rated and worth the drive. Check for weather conditions before attempting this road, or you may have to overwinter.īoulder may have been the last outpost to civilization in the 1930s, but today it offers a unique blend of isolation and sophistication. In the fall, extensive stands of aspen turn lemon yellow. Posey Lake and its campground are as pretty as you will find. From there the mountain views stretch for miles with nary a sign of human inhabitants. Hell’s Backbone Bridge is another heart stopping stretch that seems to perch precariously at the pinnacle of the mountain. At one point it seems to flirt with the sky as it follows a narrow ridgeline that barely separates the sheer drop offs on either side. It lies like a serpent along the spine of the Aquarius Plateau, skirting the edge of The Box and Death Hollow and soars to over 9,000 feet. The primitive road reaches into primal mountains that once were thought to be impassable. Built to connect Boulder, the last frontier town in the state that still relied on mules to deliver the mail, with Escalante, made famous by its tortuous Hole-In-The-Rock Expedition. Hell’s Backbone was another Civilian Conservation Corps engineering marvel that linked two of the most isolated communities in the country with that modern marvel– a road. Hell’s Backbone may not the last road ever built, but surely it was the last one that seemed nearly impossible to build. ![]()
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