We camped with our friends Bruce and Joyce in Castle Valley, which is east of Moab UT, in our two travel trailers. This was socially distant camping – eating outside at separate tables and wearing masks when needed. We decided to have the two trailers antiparallel so that the doors would face each other, and …
We were supposed to go to Japan last April, and we were planning a trip to France that would have happened now, in September. Sorry, no travels. Right now the world won’t allow Americans to enter their countries. Despite all of the advertisements saying that they do “deep-cleaning,” we are apprehensive about airports, airplanes, hotels, and …
We drove from San Luis Obispo to Snow Canyon State Park, near St George, Utah. I had read really good things about this park online, but WOW, it is really amazing. BTW, the name comes from the Snow family, not the weather. Our first night it rained like crazy. We were very glad we were not …
We took a spring trip to Moab the last week in March. There are a series of primitive BLM campgrounds along the Colorado River, near Moab. I say primitive because there are no hookups and no water; they provide a firepit, a picnic table, and pit toilets. They do not take reservations, and are first …
We camped at Zion National Park for three nights the second weekend in October. Zion is extremely popular, and we booked our campsites exactly four months before the trip. (Reservations have a four month window). On our drive to Zion we hit torrential rain, with threats of snow, but by the time we arrived at …
We took a day trip to what is known locally as the Alpine Loop to see the fall colors. We entered the Unita National Forest near Timpanogos Cave National Monument, and followed the narrow two lane highway up to the high elevations. We then headed down the mountain past Sundance Ski Resort. We basically drove …
We spent three nights camping in Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, which is just outside of the town of Escalante, UT. This is on Utah Highway 12, a well known Scenic Byway that goes past Bryce Canyon National Park, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Escalante, Boulder, to Torrey, the gateway to Capitol Reef National Park. Escalante is …
Read my Valley of the Gods post first. After Valley of the Gods, we next camped at Gouldings, a very nice but rather expensive commercial RV park that is close to Monument Valley. My major complaint was that the campsites were rather close together, but that is common in commercial places. The restrooms were clean, and …
We first camped at Valley of the Gods. This is BLM land, which means the camping is free, and that there are no amenities. No restrooms, no picnic tables. Based on my online research, I had the GPS coordinates for a primo campsite about 7.5 miles in on the dirt road. While we saw decent …