Category: US
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Driving Rt. 93 and 26 to Jackson, Wyoming and Through Grand Teton National Park
Thursday, July 23, 2020 Yesterday’s drive from our take-out at Cache Bar to 93, through Salmon to Challis follows the Salmon River, and it is gorgeous. It makes you want to float the whole river. 93 from Challis You would turn on 75 to continue following it, as I drove it north from Stanley before…
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Middle Fork of The Salmon River, Day 1
I slept late! I never do that, but today I woke up at 6:00, and quickly panicked. At VMI we called it “getting in a shitty”. I had to hook up the trailer and get out of this difficult camp. Just making the turn out onto the road would be a bit hazardous. Then it’s…
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Following The Salmon River
Thursday, July 16, 2020 45 degrees this morning, 92 in the afternoon I enjoyed a drive down Rt. 75, taking pictures along the way. It is one of the prettiest roads I have ever driven, following the Salmon River downstream. I will let the pictures do the talking. I stopped at one spot to do…
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Camping Along The Salmon River
Wednesday, July 23, 2020 43 degrees this morning, 86 in the afternoon. It was a chilly morning. After sweltering heat for the last few weeks, I was surprised this morning, turning the heat on. I started thinking about the logistics of the Middle Fork trip that starts Friday, so I wrote some notes for Carla,…
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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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Capital Reef National Park: The Scenic Drive and The Goosenecks
Early morning and sunset pictures from a stop called The Goosenecks and along The Scenic Drive through the center of the park. Capitol Reef encompasses the Waterpocket Fold, a warp in the earth’s crust that is 65 million years old. It is the largest exposed monocline in North America. In this fold, newer and older layers of earth folded over each…
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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,…
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The Loneliest Road: The Colorado River
July 5, 2020 It was a beautiful morning, 66 degrees with a nice breeze. I enjoyed sitting in the shade, posting, reading emails and studying what is down the road. I saw our campground hosts, a nice young couple who are teachers in Minnesota, and asked if I could move across the street. They said…