Yonder Escalante, Review!

We are on our 10th month of full-time rving and we finally found an modern, edgy and downright cool campground!  Yonder Escalante!  Check out the link below, this is like no other!Yonder Escalante Website LinkWhat we loved:Outdoor Common Area, with built in fire pits and Chill Music!Desirable bathrooms and showers (including towels!)Staff, so accommodatingDrive-in theatre with classic cars to sit in and watch the movie!Rustic but oh so hip!Grab and go food.Wine and good snacks on site.  True High-Speed Internet!Complementary Saturday night S’mores Modern PoolThis campground not only has campsites, it has lodging huts (so modern with everything you need for…

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Bryce, eBikes, hiking and the Rodeo!

We spent the day in Bryce Canyon riding eBikes, hiking and spent the evening at the Rodeo!  We rented eBikes from “Outta Here eBikes located on Route 12 about a mile from Bryce.  The rental process was easy and off we went!  The bikes were Rad Power eBikes.  They were “pedal assist” with 4 levels of assistance.  They were remarkably easy to ride and most of all FUN!  We rode through Red Canyon on the paved bike route.  A beautiful area.  We had rented the bikes for 8 hours but the seats were truly the hardest bike seats I have…

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Hole in the Rock Overnight

Just outside of Escalante UT there is a road that is 58 miles long that makes it’s way to the Northwest side of Lake Powell; Hole in the Rock.  The road is a dirt road with the last 10 miles consisting of a true 4WD experience!  The trek took us past some amazing sights.  Chimney Rock, Dance Hall Rock and several slot canyon hikes….but our mission was to get to the end and see the famous “Hole in the Rock”.  Hole in the Rock is on the National Register of Historic Places.  In short, this was the passage of Mormon…

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Sunday Online Art Class!

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Today we took an online art class taught by an urban sketcher that we both like.  We were most definitely outside of our comfort zone because this artist is a bit more loose and whimsical than Carol and I.  The artist that taught the class is Ian Fennelly @ianfennelly Ian Fennelly organized through Studio56Ian’s style of sketching is self described as “Layers of Looking”.  Very different from how we have been creating pen and watercolors. Ian’s layers consist of:Rough and loose pen sketchRefined pen sketchAdd watercolor and not over the entire pieceLet dryAdd values with shades of gray brush pens3 passes…

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