June 10th 2023 I was not familiar with Canyonlands National Park when we started our journey. It sits about 30 minutes from Moab and is Utah’s biggest national park. At 337,598 acres it is over four times the size of it’s much more popular sister, Arches National Park. If you are looking for a quietContinue reading “Canyonlands National Park”
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Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway + La Sal Mountain Loop
June 11th, 2023 If you find yourself near Moab, Utah you will have an incredible number of activities to choose from. Both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks are within a half hour drive, you can explore the cute Moab downtown, there are hikes and rafting adventures, mountain biking and ATV rentals. Enjoy all of those,Continue reading “Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway + La Sal Mountain Loop”
Arches National Park
June 9-11th, 2023 Arches National Park is a modest sized park with huge popularity. This has led to crowds! The number of visitors has grown steadily and now the park gets over 1.8 million visitors a year. To help with parking and to keep the experience enjoyable, Arches has instituted a timed entry system duringContinue reading “Arches National Park”
Dead Horse State Park – Utah
June 12th, 2023 Near the more famous Arches and Canyonlands National Parks lies Dead Horse State Park. We had a great day exploring this beautiful vista with a strange name. The park includes gorgeous overlooks of the Colorado River and Canyonlands. It features a natural corral where a point of the mesa juts out intoContinue reading “Dead Horse State Park – Utah”
Lava Hot Springs
Tuesday June 27th, 2023 We don’t like to drive more than 4-5 hours on travel days, so we needed a stop between our Salt Lake City/Heber City stop and our two week stay near Yellowstone. Lava Hot Springs struck out to me since the only thing our beautiful rig is missing is a bathtub! WeContinue reading “Lava Hot Springs”
Bryce Canyon
June 5th, 2023 While we were in the Zion area we drove over to Bryce Canyon National Park. Bryce is known for having the largest number of hoodoos in the world. What’s a hoodoo? It is the incredible spire like formation that is left after some incredible changes over history. Plate tectonic changes lifted theContinue reading “Bryce Canyon”
Zion National Park
June 1 – June 8th 2023 After leaving the Grand Canyon area we headed to Zion River Resort which put us just a half hour from the entrance to Zion National Park. The RV park was nice. We gave it an A for the large sites and access to the river, but Reba gave itContinue reading “Zion National Park”
Distant Drums RV Resort – Camp Verde
April – May 2023 Other than Florida, the longest we have stayed at any park on our US adventure was the five weeks we parked at Distant Drums in Camp Verde, AZ. Camp Verde is just south of Sedona on highway 17 and is a great location if you want to stay out of theContinue reading “Distant Drums RV Resort – Camp Verde”
Grand Canyon Railroad
May 26th, 2023 We have had some issues with AT&T Service throughout northern Arizona and Utah, so I’m just catching up on posts from the past three weeks! During that time we had many mostly off-line adventures. I was able to load some short videos to Facebook and TikTok, but the longer ones had toContinue reading “Grand Canyon Railroad”
Williams, AZ
May 24th to June 1st, 2023 Williams, AZ is a wonderful place to stay when you are visiting the Grand Canyon. It is about an hour from the park but if you are staying near Grand Canyon for more than just a couple of days, Williams gives you a delightful town to explore on theContinue reading “Williams, AZ”