Blogs from Bluff, Utah, United States, North America

Geo: 37.2844, -109.551Albuquerque to BluffUp and on the road to Albuquerque to pick up Stefan and Marianne at the Route 66 Hostel where they were waiting for us and ready to get on the road. The Balloon Festival was going on when we left and we did get to see a few balloons as we headed out. Made good time with a grocery shopping trip in Farmington and got to Bluff and the Cottonwood campground at around 5:00pm. Stefan and Marianne are staying in one of our tents using borrowed sleeping bags and pads. Marianne said she would rather tent camp than sleep in the camper with us which worked out just fine. Got their tent set up and walked to the Cottonwood Restaurant for dinner. The restaurant used bandannas as napkins and you were urged ... read more

Hovenweep National Monument straddles the Colorado-Utah border Northeast of Bluff, Utah, United States. President Warren G. Harding proclaimed Hovenweep a National Monument on March 2, 1923. The Monument consists of six clusters of Native American ruins. Four of these are in Colorado: Holly Canyon, Hackberry Canyon, Cutthroat Castle and Goodman Point. In Utah, the two sets of ruins are known as Square Tower and Cajon. In 1854, W.D. Huntington and an expedition of Mormon colonists were the first people of European descent to see the Hovenweep ruins, which were already known to the Ute and Navajo tribes. The name Hovenweep, which means "deserted valley" in Piute/Ute languages, was adopted by pioneer photographer William Henry Jackson in 1874. The name is apt as a description of the area's desolate canyons and barren mesas as well as the ... read more

Note spéciale: Ce texte est un peu long et il y a plusieurs photos... SVP, lire et regarder jusqu'à la fin ====================================================== Escalante (Utah) à Bluff (Utah) =========== 568 km (Cumulatif = 11673) =========== Température: 38 degrés (Très chaud même jusque dans la soirée) =========== Résumé : =========== Toute la journée a été superbe. Les paysages magnifiques se sont succédés les uns après les autres. Nous avons roulé sur des routes de rêves avec des images de films western =========== - Route 12 entre Escalante et Torrey Selon la responsable d’un dépanneur, cette route est cataloguée comme étant la 2ième route panoramique d’importance aux États-Unis. Nous ne sommes pas surpris de cela. La dame ignore qu’elle route est classée numéro 1. Cette route sinueuse se divise quand même en 2 segments totalement différents ----- o De ... read more

Packed up the tent and headed west to Hovenweep National Monument. More dwellings here. After that I decided to head to a motel in Bluff, UT. The air is nice and cold, and it will be nice to have a bed after sleeping in a tent for the last couple days. Arches National Park tomorrow.... read more

We covered a lot of ground yesterday and boy did we feel it when we hit the sack last night in Moab, Utah ! We were both so exhausted I don't think we even remember falling asleep. The heat out here is so different than back at home, it's not as humid but it is hot as fire. The sun is so bright you can't even hardly open your eyes without sunglasses on and it just beams down on you like rays of fire. I guess it finally got to Tim because he couldn't even get out of bed this morning. He was so sick he couldn't move. He did finally make it to the bathroom where he started vomiting repeatedly. I got ready and started looking for a medical center or doctor's office while he ... read more