Zion National Park

We spent 2 days exploring Zion National Park.  We started at the East Entrance and worked our way to the West Entrance near the Visitor Center.  The drive from the East is a thriller, winding roads, a plethora of colors and a mile long tunnel!  Carol had read that there are Big Horn Sheep, but they were very shy and rarely seen, well that created a major challenge to find them.  We stopped at every pull off to use binoculars to find the sheep (Carol looked through the binoculars so long she had motion sickness)! After searching for a several…

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Bryce Canyon Hike

Bryce Canyon National Park never disappoints!  Five years ago we visited Bryce and experienced the Canyon via horseback.  This visit, we experienced the canyon on foot; WOW!  Walking in the canyon among the hoodoos and colors is simply spectacular. The featured picture is near the end of the hike on the Navajo Loop and from the bottom looking up it was a CRAZY sight and a CRAZY climb!  Every turn in this canyon is like a fantasy land with tunnels, tight walls, beautiful shapes. The Queen’s Garden trail begins at the rim and descends about 320’ to the famous Queen…

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Goblin Valley State Park – Wow!

Goblin Valley was founded in the 1920's by cowboys searching for an alternative route between Green River and Cainsville. They came to a vantage point that overlooked the valley and were awed by the view of 5 buttes and a valley of strange shaped rock formations surrounded by a wall of cliffs.  They named the area Mushroom Valley.  In 1964 the state of Utah acquired the land and renamed the area, Goblin Valley State Park!We were amazed when we saw the valley; the shapes are truly spooky!  The park allows visitors to hike among the goblins in the valley and…

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Capitol Reef National Park

It has been a busy and beautiful couple of days!  On Tuesday 9/22 we left Green River State Park and drove to Hanksville UT and stayed at Duke's Slickrock RV Park that was centered between Capitol Reef NP and Goblins Valley State Park.  Capitol Reef - This park is the least visited of the 5 Utah national parks.  There is no lodge and very few hotels in the area. Capitol Reef became a national monument in 1937 and a national park in 1971.  The populated area of the park is named Fruita Historic District and includes the Petroglyph Panel, Visitor Center…

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