LAKE POWELL:
We drove out of the Grand Canyon and through the Navajo Nation to Lake Powell. The first night we stayed on the Arizona side of Glen Canyon (next to the Glen Canyon Dam) and paid an arm & a leg for our RV spot, but we did get free WiFi – let me take that back, hardly FREE, filled up on water to get our money’s worth and then drove 8 miles down the road to the Utah side where we could park literally on the beach of the lake and for a fraction of the cost. It was wonderful. We could even drive our toys in the mountains behind us so it was a perfect spot. We met a great couple that are on their way to Alaska from Florida where they hope to buy some land. We plan on staying in touch and seeing Owen & Jill once we get up there as well. The water was only 60 degrees but with the 90+ degrees weather I did wade around a bit. We were going to go in on a boat with Owen & Jill, but they weren’t going to rent it until Monday and by then we’d be on our way North, however our next trip to Lake Powell will include a houseboat rental for sure! It still was a very nice stay there.
BRYCE CANYON AREA:
After 4 nights at Lake Powell, we drove North to Hatch, Utah and stayed at a semi-hokey campsite (it’s like someone’s backyard and their idea of WiFi is a cable cord in the office that they have to unhook from their only computer for others to use). We got in on Sunday and like most of Utah, the entire town was closed, and without dog food, Bailey had a dinner of dog cookies (which he loved, by the way). Welcome to good ole’ Utah! The mountains and stream that runs behind our campsite are very charming, but it is COLD! Gets down to around 35-40 degrees at night and maybe only 60 during the day. The cool part is that there are 4-wheel trails all over Utah, including directly from this campsite. Literally hundreds of miles, so we got to ride up to Tropic Reservoir (that’s one of MANY man-made lakes in Utah) through the red rocks, aspen trees, pine trees and even patches of snow. I love the clean air around here and it is good to be back in Utah.
On Monday, we drove out to Bryce Canyon National Park to see all of the amazing red rock formations. Matt hiked on a trail (dogs not allowed on trails – UGH!, so we stayed back and wandered around for an hour) and got some great pictures of the canyon from the bottom. It is a very small park, but has some very unique landscape.
We’re off to Marysvale, Utah next and that campsite sits on the Paiute ATV Trail – this trail is connects to the hundreds of miles of trails and we’re excited about it. We don’t know how long we’ll stay, as it depends on the weather as we’re expecting some rain storms. You just never know!
We drove out of the Grand Canyon and through the Navajo Nation to Lake Powell. The first night we stayed on the Arizona side of Glen Canyon (next to the Glen Canyon Dam) and paid an arm & a leg for our RV spot, but we did get free WiFi – let me take that back, hardly FREE, filled up on water to get our money’s worth and then drove 8 miles down the road to the Utah side where we could park literally on the beach of the lake and for a fraction of the cost. It was wonderful. We could even drive our toys in the mountains behind us so it was a perfect spot. We met a great couple that are on their way to Alaska from Florida where they hope to buy some land. We plan on staying in touch and seeing Owen & Jill once we get up there as well. The water was only 60 degrees but with the 90+ degrees weather I did wade around a bit. We were going to go in on a boat with Owen & Jill, but they weren’t going to rent it until Monday and by then we’d be on our way North, however our next trip to Lake Powell will include a houseboat rental for sure! It still was a very nice stay there.
BRYCE CANYON AREA:
After 4 nights at Lake Powell, we drove North to Hatch, Utah and stayed at a semi-hokey campsite (it’s like someone’s backyard and their idea of WiFi is a cable cord in the office that they have to unhook from their only computer for others to use). We got in on Sunday and like most of Utah, the entire town was closed, and without dog food, Bailey had a dinner of dog cookies (which he loved, by the way). Welcome to good ole’ Utah! The mountains and stream that runs behind our campsite are very charming, but it is COLD! Gets down to around 35-40 degrees at night and maybe only 60 during the day. The cool part is that there are 4-wheel trails all over Utah, including directly from this campsite. Literally hundreds of miles, so we got to ride up to Tropic Reservoir (that’s one of MANY man-made lakes in Utah) through the red rocks, aspen trees, pine trees and even patches of snow. I love the clean air around here and it is good to be back in Utah.
On Monday, we drove out to Bryce Canyon National Park to see all of the amazing red rock formations. Matt hiked on a trail (dogs not allowed on trails – UGH!, so we stayed back and wandered around for an hour) and got some great pictures of the canyon from the bottom. It is a very small park, but has some very unique landscape.
We’re off to Marysvale, Utah next and that campsite sits on the Paiute ATV Trail – this trail is connects to the hundreds of miles of trails and we’re excited about it. We don’t know how long we’ll stay, as it depends on the weather as we’re expecting some rain storms. You just never know!
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3 comments:
Beautiful pics!
Holly, did you have to comfort Matt while the horse was in camp ?
Harry...
Thanks, Amy!
Harry - HA!!! He didn't even get up close to them, of course. Thank goodness they were in a fenced area. I went up and said "hi" to them and got some cool pictures.
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