Category: Sand Creek RV Resort and Campground
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Drive to Twin Falls, Idaho
Sunday, July 12, 2020 60 degrees in the morning, got up to 99 on the drive I was able to schedule an oil change at Rob Green Buick GMC in Twin Falls on Monday, which is a 7-hour drive. I woke up ready to go and quickly packed up. As it goes in campgrounds, I…
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Walking Pleasant Creek Road in Capital Reef National Park
Saturday, July11, 2020 There is only one rational time to hike in Utah in July, and that is early. I slept in this morning until 6:30, made coffee, grabbed two Cliff bars and the cameras and took off. It’s an hour drive to the end of The Scenic Drive, where I had decided to walk…
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Cathedral Valley, Capital Reef National Park
July 9, 2020 50 degrees in the morning. 92 degrees in afternoon, sunny all day At 6:00 AM I drove The Scenic Drive to take pictures. I stopped for coffee at a place whose name I can’t remember not, but It’s east of the Phillips 66 station, and they have meat pies. I was too early…
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The Loneliest Road, Capital Reef National Park: The Fremont River Trail and Capital Gorge Trail.
Exploring “The Scenic Drive”, I walked through Fruita where Mormons settled and farmed. Of course Native Americans had been coming here for thousands of years. The Fremont River gives it wonderful, cold, clear water. Bighorn sheep have thrived here, and deer just walk around the park. I wandered through the orchard next to the campground,…
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The Loneliest Road, Capital Reef National Park
Monday July 6, 2020 I woke up at 2:30, wide awake, got up, made coffee and caught up on the blog, thanks to my new favorite laundromat. I did a search for campgrounds near Capital Reef National Park, since theirs were full. I found Sand Creek RV Resort on the other side of Capital Reef,…