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Here's a recap of our 6 day road trip around Utah and bordering states!
Our itinerary from Las Vegas:
Day 1: Zion National Park - we hiked through the narrows and did the drive from the west side entrance to the east side entrance. We spent the night 'glamping' (glamorous camping) in Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort.
Day 2: A hike through Kanarraville Falls in the morning followed by a scenic drive to the Northern Rim of the Grand Canyon. We watched the sunset along the Northern Rim at the Lodge where we ate on the outside viewing deck overlooking the canyon. We then drove through the evening to Lone Rock Beach Primitive Campground just outside of Page, Arizona.
Day 3: An early morning excursion through Antelope Canyon followed by an afternoon trip to Horseshoe Bend. We left with enough daylight so that we could see Monument Valley on the way to Cortez, Colorado for the night. We also drove through the 4 Corners Monument.
Day 4: Another scenic drive to Arches National Park. We spent the day at Arches and then drove to Salina, Utah for the night. There are so many scenic views on this drive so we are glad we still had some daylight to check them out.
Day 5: A hike through Capitol Reef National Park as well as a scenic drive through the park in the morning followed by a beautiful Bryce Canyon sunset. We wanted to see the sunset at Bryce and this was our only day to do so since we had to be back to Vegas by the end of the next day. We stayed the night in Panguitch, Utah.
Day 6: A hike through Bryce Canyon in the morning and then we stopped by Mossy Cave (which is really a waterfall) before our drive back to Vegas for our flight home.
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Things To Know Before You Go To Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park Mud-Bogging
Hey you guys! Thank you for joining me on another journey. We are here at Bryce Canyon National Park in Garfield County. This is one of the top Utah vacations to be had. Its magnificent hoodoos are like nothing you've ever seen before. Driving through Bryce Canyon, the spectacular beauty can be taken in at the viewpoints like these: Sunrise, Sunset, Inspiration and Bryce, Paria View, Swamp Canyon, Whiteman Bench, Farview Point, Piracy Point, Agua Canyon, Ponderosa Canyon, Black Birch Canyon. To more fully experience the park though, we hiked down the horse trail near Sunset Point since it was off-season in February. We encountered some patches of snow and ice, so we were very glad to have ice cleats to put on our hiking boots. The attractions of the park were even more amazing down among the limestone sculptures. It was so interesting to have Ranger Emily tell us about the canyon. We ended up finding a dirt road perfect for mud-bogging in our rental car, a Nissan Versa, outside of Bryce. That was a blast! We found affordable lodging in Panguitch for the night. It was so cool to later experience the night sky in Bryce Canyon and test our astronomy knowledge. This park is easily accessible by flying into Las Vegas or Salt Lake City and then renting a car--I suggest a four wheel drive--and driving the few hours there. Here's a travel tip for you: if you come in the winter, you may need snowshoes. These are some of the sights & trails you should check out: Sunrise Point Sunset Point , Navajo Trail, Queen's Garden Trail , Peek-a-Boo Trail, Inspiration Point, Mossy Cave Trail, Fairyland Trail, Tower Bridge and Natural Bridge.
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TOP 15. Most Beautiful Small Towns In Utah
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Things To Do Near Bryce Canyon National Park
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Hey you guys! Thanks for joining me on another journey. We are here outside of Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. We are exploring the things to do outside of the national park. We came to the ghost town of Widstoe and found the cemetery along with a few very cool old structures, including a church that served also served as a schoolhouse. It was incredible to walk in & around these pieces of history. Widstoe Ghost Town is located in John’s Valley, about 16 miles northeast of Bryce Canyon National Park near the East Fork of the Sevier River. The town was settled in the early 1900s by Jedediah Adair, and his success as a ‘dry’ farmer drew other settlers to the area over the next few years. Originally known as Adairville, the town was renamed several times in honor of prominent locals including LDS Church leaders John Houston and John R. Winder, and University of Utah president John A. Widtsoe. In 1912, the town (then known as Winder) began to thrive. The prospering community had a post office, sawmills, a confectionery plant, two hotels, four stores, and a church meetinghouse that also served as a school. Running water was piped into town from a local spring in 1915. By 1917, the town was renamed once again, this time in recognition of John A. Widtsoe’s agricultural expertise. Widtsoe continued to prosper with the relocation of the US Forest Service’s district office, and by 1919 the community had a population estimate of 1,100 residents. Utah has a diverse and rich history, most of which has been forgotten by most people. Some of these creepy abandoned towns are where you will want to start your next adventure.
We also went to Kodachrome State Park. Even though its magnificent scenery is similar to Bryce Canyon's, it is amazing to see the differences. Kodachrome Basin is a spectacle of massive sandstone chimneys, ever-changing from gray and white to shades of red with the day's mood. Numerous rocks and coves offer solitude, quiet and unique desert beauty. Kodachrome is nine miles south of State Route 12 near Cannonville. The park features a wide variety of colorful sandstone formations and epic views of Bryce Canyon and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Kodachrome Basin State Park, with its red tinged rock formations and incredible blue skies, just begs to be photographed. The National Geographic Society came up with the name, and everyone agreed with it. Towering monolithic spires or chimneys jut up from the valley floor or protrude from the sandstone rocks that surround the campground and inspire an infinite array of subjects limited only by one’s imagination. In addition to hiking, horseback riding (guided horseback rides are available at the park with Red Canyon Trail Rides) and mountain biking in the park, visitors should plan to visit nearby Grosvenor Arch. This intricate double arch, located just 10 miles southeast of the park, is one of the most impressive in the state. We hiked to Shakespeare Arch, and even got to stand right below it, gazing up at its stunning beauty. It is definitely one of my most favorite arches!
We discovered another couple of ghost towns on the way back to Bryce Canyon. We aren't sure which ones they were exactly, but we believe one was Georgetown and another was Losee. It was so awesome to see old relics scattered about the property, which included a kind of corral used for what we guessed to be sheep-herding. It's crazy to think of how the inhabitants of these towns survived in such stark conditions. Perhaps the grandeur of the view kept them there for as long as they could sustain life there.
We ended the day at Casto Canyon. Again, the scenery was similar to Bryce Canyon National Park but it was wonderfully different as well. We ended up hiking along a dry riverbed, and along the way, we discovered a very unique type of crystal or geode. It felt like finding a treasure! Once we connected back up with the ATV trail, we realized how exhausted and sore we were, but we had thoroughly enjoyed an absolutely amazing day adventuring outside of Bryce Canyon.
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U.S. Route 89, Utah, United States, North America
U.S. Route 89 (US 89) is a north–south United States Highway with two sections, and one former section. The southern section runs for 848 miles (1,365 kilometers) from Flagstaff, Arizona, to the southern entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The northern section runs for 404 miles (650 kilometers) from the northern entrance of Yellowstone National Park to Montana, ending at the Canadian border. An implied route through Yellowstone connects the two sections. Before 1992, U.S. Highway 89 was a Canada to Mexico, border-to-border, highway that ended at Nogales, Arizona, on its southern end. Sometimes called the National Park Highway, U.S. 89 links seven national parks across the Mountain West. In addition, fourteen other national park areas, mostly national monuments are also reachable from this backbone of the Rockies. The first city in Utah along either U.S. 89 or U.S. 89A is Kanab where the two routes re-unite. From Kanab U.S. 89 proceeds north passing by the Zion National Park and the Bryce Canyon National Park. It eventually enters the Sevier County, Utah, and the Sanpete Valleys. The highway then passes by Thistle, Utah, a ghost town that was destroyed by a landslide in 1983. The highway then enters the Wasatch Front where U.S. 89 becomes the main streets of the largest cities in Utah. The highway is also often in the shadows of Interstate 15 during its route along the Wasatch Front. U.S. 89 runs concurrent with I 15 from Bountiful to Farmington, where it departs and runs at the base of the Wasatch Mountains until it reaches Ogden. In Ogden, the highway is Washington Blvd. From Ogden the highway runs north until it meets U.S. 91 at Brigham City, Utah, where it turns east and goes to serve the Cache Valley and Logan, Utah. In Logan, U.S. 89 is Main Street and it passes by the campus of the Utah State University. The highway next proceeds up Logan Canyon to Bear Lake where the highway exits Utah. Two sections of U.S. 89 in Utah have been designated Scenic Byways. The Kanab to Mt. Carmel and Long Valley Scenic Byway is a designated Utah Scenic Byway. From Logan to Bear Lake is designated as the Logan Canyon Scenic Byway by the National Scenic Byways project. The section of U.S. 89 in Utah, other than concurrencies with Interstate 70, Interstate 15, U.S. Highway 6, and U.S. Highway 91, is defined in the Utah Code Annotated § 72-4-114(8). Utah is dominated by the Colorado Plateau. Along U.S. 89 are the Zion National Park, the Bryce Canyon National Park, and the Cedar Breaks National Monument. Although not readily adjacent to U.S. 89, the Capitol Reef National Park is accessible from U.S. 89. U.S. 89 leaves northern Utah well-north of Salt Lake City and the Timpanogos Cave National Monument and the Golden Spike National Historic Site. Prior to 1992, the southern terminus of US 89 was at Nogales, Arizona, and the highway proceeded to Flagstaff, Arizona, along what is now I-19, State Route 79, US 60, US 93, and State Route 89. In addition, there was another US 89A in Arizona between Prescott and Flagstaff on which is now State Route 89A. In central Arizona, the need for a north–south U.S. Highway was largely superseded by the completion of I-17, which now carries the bulk of the traffic and all of the heavy trucks along this north–south corridor. I-17 connects I-40 in Flagstaff with I-10 in Phoenix, Arizona, along a very hilly route that also passes through the Verde Valley. US 89 was discontinuous for most of 1983 due to a landslide that destroyed the town of Thistle, Utah and closed the highway for about 8 months in central Utah.
From early 2013 to mid 2015, US 89 was closed approximately 25 miles south of Page, Arizona, due to a geological event that caused the roadway to buckle and subside. Traffic was being re-routed via 45 miles of secondary and tertiary roads on the Navajo Nation. U.S. Route 89T opened on August 29, 2013, a 28-mile (45 km) paved portion of a Navajo route to serve as a long-term bypass of the closed section.
Camping at Duck Creek, Utah 2016
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Boondocking at Strawberry Reservoir in Utah
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Amazing 30 days Road Trip in West USA - July 2016 - 5000 miles
This video was shot during our amazing 30 days road trip across Western USA, July 2016. I hope you'll enjoy it !
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1 – Denver, CO
2 – Fort Laramie NHS, WY
3 – Custer SP - Crazy Horse Memorial, SD
4 – Custer (Patriots Parade) – Mont Rushmore NM, SD
5 – Deadwood, SD – Devils Tower NM – Hulett - Buffalo, WY
6 – Bighorn NF – Bighorn Canyon, MT – Cody, WY
7 – Yellowstone NP, WY
8 - Yellowstone NP, WY – Gardiner, MT
9 - Yellowstone NP, WY
10 - Yellowstone NP, WY – West Yellowstone, MT
11 - Yellowstone NP – Grand Teton NP – Jackson Hole, WY
12 – Montpellier – Paris, ID – Bear Lake SP – Salt Lake City, UT
13 – Red Canyon – Mossy Cave – Willis Creek Slot Canyon – Bryce Canyon NP, UT
14 – Bryce Canyon NP – Zion NP - Springdale, UT
15 – Zion NP (Angels Landing) – St-George, UT – Valley of Fire SP – Las Vegas, NV
16 – Las Vegas, NV
17 – Las Vegas, NV
18 – Route 66 – Grand Canyon NP, AZ
19 - Grand Canyon NP – Horseshoe Bend – Page, AZ
20 – Lower Antelope Canyon – Waterholes Canyon – Antelope Point Marina, AZ
21 – Toadstool hoodoos – Navajo NM, AZ – Goosenecks SP – Moky Dugway – Mexican Hat – Monument Valley, UT
22 - Monument Valley, UT – Kayenta – Canyon de Chelly NM – Chinle, AZ
23 – Hope Arch, AZ – Bluff – Newspaper Rock – Wilson Arch – Moab, UT
24 – Dead Horse Pt SP – Canyonlands NP (Island in the sky) – Shaefer trail Road, UT
25 – Arches NP
26 – Bow tie & Corona Arches, UT – Colorado NM – Georgetown, CO
27 – Rocky Mountain NP, CO – Cheyenne, WY
28 – Cheyenne Frontier Days, WY
29 - Cheyenne Frontier Days, WY – Denver, CO
30 – Denver, CO
NHS = National Historic Site
NP = National Park
NM = National Monument
NF = National Forest
SP = State Park
CO = Colorado
SD = South Dakota
WY = Wyoming
MT = Montana
ID = Idaho
UT = Utah
NV = Nevada
AZ = Arizona
UT = Utah
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Camping the Uinta Mountains Utah
The Uinta Mountains are an east to west trending chain of mountains in Utah and slightly into Wyoming. The Uinta Mountains are also part of the Wasatch and Uinta forests. There is also the High Uinta Wilderness area where travel is limited to those on foot and horseback. Camping Utah / Overland Utah.