With the increasing crowds at Zion NP we decided top do some of the less travelled routes. The hike up to observation Point is truly spectacular. Many experts claim that this hike offers some of Utah’s best scenic views. Observation Point, at an elevation of 6,521′, is likely the best place to capture the grandeur…
Category: Utah
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Today we drove the Jeep down Scenic Byway 12 across Boulder Mountain south to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Scenic Byway 12 spans a route of 124 miles, and travels through some of the most diverse, remote and ruggedly beautiful landscapes in the country. We arrived at the Calf Creek Falls Recreation Area before noon…
Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
We had a beautiful scenic drive from Moab to Torrey, Utah driving through the middle of Capitol Reef National Park. Arriving at Wonderland RV Park and staying for a week. Capitol Reef is a beautiful place, dominated by red cliffs of Wingate Sandstone and white domes of Navajo Sandstone, laced with canyons and wonderful rare…
Rafting the Green River – Moab, Utah
We left Priest Gulch RV Park today and headed for Moab, Utah. We are staying at the Portal RV Park for two weeks, a beautiful park with many privately owned sites that are very spacious. Next morning we drove to Durango to pick up Jim Karlovec and Dana Longo and brought them back to…
Cedar Breaks National Monument
The Zion Park Scenic Byway (SR-9), is the road in and through Zion National Park, which never closes, except when we arrived because of a huge rock landslide. RV’s and buses must only travel this road when escorts are present due to the two tunnels and six tight switchbacks. Finally the road opened and we…
Narrows Hike – Zion NP
The north fork of the Virgin River, called “The Zion Narrows” is probably one of the most legendary canyons to hike in all of Zion. This was our next hike we chose to conquer in Zion but first we had to rent water boots, neoprene socks and a walking stick to be able to hike…
Zion NP and Angels Landing Hike
We are staying at the Zion River Resort and Campground in Virgin, about 10 miles from the entrance to Zion NP. This is a beautiful park and we are excited to be here for two weeks while we explore the Park. First, a little history about the Park, which has become one of our favorite…
Heber Valley, Utah
We left Moab to head north to Heber City, Utah, about a 4 hour drive arriving in plenty of time to enjoy the afternoon sunshine in this beautiful park, Mountain Valley RV Resort, looking across to the Wasatch Mountain Range. Heber City is a bedroom community for Orem, Provo, Park City and Salt Lake City,…
Backpacking in the Needles – Canyonlands NP
Day 1 Our backpacks are packed and ready to go, we leave at 8:30am to drive over 80 miles to The Needles District of Canyonlands NP to begin our hike for two days. We had to carry-in over 15 lbs of water because there is no water available in this area of the Park. We…
Arches National Park
Arches National Park, it has been 26 years since we visited this Park, and finally we are back exploring this amazing landscape. Only 4 miles north of Moab, containing the world’s largest concentration of natural stone arches, this 73,000 acre region has over 2000 of these “miracles of nature”. We started with a short hike…