Hi everyone!! Back to the Canyonlands for our last day. We are going to see the Island in the Sky, Mesa Arch, the Grand View Point Overlook and the Green River Overlook. We hiked around the top to the Overlook. We could see the Needle district to the left, the Maze District to the very …
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Sept. 11th
Dead Horse State Park and Island in the Sky Canyonland was on our agenda today. Barry noticed vehicles and bicycles on the road below us. When we arrived at the Canyonlands, he wanted to drive the Shafer Trail Road. We made it to Potash, Utah and found a Corona and Peabody Arch to hiked . …
Sept. 8th- 10th
Barry and I have moved onto Moab, Utah. Just beautiful and inspiring scenery everywhere you look. We visited the Needles Overlook of Canyonland National Monument on Wednesday. It was very cloudy, but we were able to see through the clouds. Today, we drove the scenic route 211 to the southern section of the Canyonland, The …
Sept. 3rd
Today, we hiked. There are bluffs and Calf Canyon close to us and we wanted to hike. We went to Twin Rocks Restaurant the other day and purchased a Navajo Taco for dinner which was yummy. The gentlemen told us we could hike in the area. We followed the pathway, then followed the creek.
Sept. 2nd
Every other day, Barry and I venture out to visit the area, today, we stayed in Bluff and went to Fort Bluff. The town of Bluff have replicated the fort from the 1880s when the 86 Morman members left St. George to settle this area. All survived the 6 month trek which was suppose to …
Sept. 1st
We went to see Gooseneck State Park, Mexican Hat and Monument Valley in Arizona. Then, onto Mexican Hat. Population of 46 souls live in Mexican Hat. Beautiful drive around the rock formations Monument Valley is in Arizona on the Navajo Reservation. They had Covid really bad and have closed all the reservation’s National Monuments. So, …
Aug. 30th
We are in Bluff, Utah. Close to the Valley of the Gods, Bears Ears National Monument, Natural Bridge National Monument and Monument Valley. Utah has beautiful bluffs all around us!
Aug. 24th – Aug. 29th
Barry and I spent the past week visiting Mesa Verde National Monument and Canyons of the Ancient National Monument before we left for Bluff, Utah. We drove to other areas in the Canyons of the Ancient, a very large area where the Pueblo people built their homes in the cliffs. We hiked two different ruin …
Aug 20th – Aug. 23rd
On Friday, we hiked the other path behind our camp. it wasn’t as far, we wanted to find the bear on the cliff. We left Saturday to travel to Cortez, Colorado. Today, we travelled to the 4 corners of Colorado, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. It was closed, due to the Covid. This property is …
August 16th – 20th
I finally had my last week post, our wifi isn’t the greatest here. We arrived in South Fork, Colorado on the 15th. We are in the Rio Grande Forest and have been seeing the beauty of the mountains. Barry and I drove into Creede; the Silver Thread scenic highway. This hwy is the small towns …