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Waking up at Arches was so peaceful and beautiful.  Gerry has been great at taking pictures.  After packing up the car (we are getting really good at it!!), we headed further southwest in Utah.  We drove to Capitol Reef which is another National Park, then drove through Grand Staircase National Monument Park which had crazy roads on top of mountains some of which were only as wide as two lanes with no guardrails and a very, very, very long way to fall!!!  We were goin...

I let my GPS guide me out of Bryce Canyon National Park towards Glen Canyon. Never trust your GPS!The unpaved Cottonwood Canyon Road is a cross-country route, starting just past Kodachrome Basin State Park and ending  near milepost 18 US 89. Some sections of the road are rather steep and narrow, with overhanging rocks, although 2WD cars usually can make the 47 mile journey, for a few hours after heavy rains the route may be impassable even by 4WD vehicles. The surrounding land has much o...

We hit the jackpot this time.  Highway 12 is one of the most scenic roads in the country, and we didn't even know it!!  After we filled up in Hanksville at the Hollow Mountain, we entered Capitol Reef National Park.  It has to be the most out-of-the-way park in the entire country.  Mile after mile of hot pavement, but there were also beautiful painted sand walls and unusual rock formations.  By the time we turned onto Highway 12, we were ready for some relief fro...

Drove around Arizona and Utah