We arrived at Bryce Canyon in the late evening, so we camped outside the park at Ruby’s Inn. The following morning we were up early to forage for a site in the park. We were extremely lucky and found a wonderful campsite right at the edge of the canyon with great access to the trail…
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After proceeding through Natural Bridges and Glen Canyon, we travelled through some interesting geology around Caineville and then reached the Capitol Reef National Park. The Capitol Reef is part of the Waterpocket Fold. The rock is layered at a steep angle descending to the east. The ‘reef’ is the sharply eroded western edge of the…
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Leaving Monticello, we planned to visit Natural Bridges, proceed over the Colorado River at the top of the Glen Canyon area and stop at Capitol Reef. As it turned out we did this and then also headed off to Bryce Canyon — all in the same day. This was too much travelling for one day,…
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After our visit to Mesa Verde, we engaged in a day trip from Cortez to Moniticello. This trip took us past, in the distance, Shiprock, and the thoroughly uninteresting Four Corners Monument. The target of the day was the Monument Valley Tribal Park. The scenery around Monument Valley is familiar to anyone who has seen…
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Heading south and east from Moab, we arrived at Mesa Verde National Park. The Moorefield campground is very pleasant. There are wild turkeys and deer roaming about. Also, there are many eagles roaming the thermals at the mesa’s edge. The park provides guided tours of the cliff sites — you have to register at the…
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After the Colorado National Monument, we were thinking of visiting Dinosaur National Monument, but at the time, lousy weather (cold, rain, snow) was dropping down from Wyoming into the northern parts of Utah, so we gave Dinosaur a pass, sigh. Anyway, it was an easy day’s travel from Grand Junction to Moab, which is just…
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We were planning on staying at Rocky Mountain National Park, but the weather (snow closed the mountain pass) had other plans. Thus, we ended up staying in Grand Junction — no camping here since we got there pretty late after a heck of a ride on I70 from Big Springs and some fine mountain scenery….
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In the fall of 1995 I embarked with my companions on a road trip that was to include parts of the states of Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. Since we ended up going much faster than we originally thought (sometimes due to bad weather), we also included New Mexico, Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia before it…
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On our way home from the Badlands we wanted to make several stops. The first was a place called the Pink Poodle in Crescent, Iowa just outside of Omaha. The Pink Poodle serves some of the most massive (and good) slabs of corn feed beef to be found anywhere — no it isn’t a fancy…
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With just a brief visit to Devil’s Tower, we continued through the Black Hills of Dakota to the Badlands. The Badlands are a spectacular erosion feature. The soil in the area is the result of volcanic activity to the west and easterly winds that carried huge amounts of ash to the area in the Paleocene…
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