Blogs from Kanab, Utah, United States, North America

After leaving my camp at Kanab Creek, I drove West on scenic Utah Hwy 12. I drove through Red Canyon and on to Red Canyon Village Store. The store was at the West end of Utah Hwy 12, at US Hwy 89 where I turned South. I drove about two hours and reached Orderville, Utah. I made a brief stop at Joes Rock Shop and Orderville Mine Rock Shop and spent about ten bucks on some interesting minerals for my blue truck. I drove South about an hour to Kanab, Utah, in Kanab Creek Canyon that flows into the Grand Canyon in Arizona. (Note: This is not the same Kanab Creek where I camped the night before.) I filled my truck up with gasoline and got a good burger there. I also made a stop at ... read more

I’ve been hankering to do an ATV tour since we were in West Yellowstone. The four seaters are strategically placed on prominent street corners in order to lure unwitting tourists such as myself. In West Yellowstone, they only rented the four seaters for a full day, more than we were willing to tackle, and in Moab we didn’t really have time to look into it. I see a bright yellow Can-Am in Kanab and check the website. They offer a half day excursion including a tour of a slot canyon which sounds perfect. The hotel provides complimentary hot breakfast each morning which is a nice bonus. After loading up, we head over to the Kanab Tour Company to try our luck. They are just opening at 9am and as luck would have it, their morning tour ... read more

Roadtrip SW USA: Winners are Grinners...or are they? The lottery for permits to visit The Wave has begun. Only 10 places per day...so many here our chances about 5 percent. He turns the lottery wheel like an egg beater...the numbered balls bouncing...opens the cage...reaches in..."Number 26" he calls...that's our number! This is what we came for...what will we do? ****** I Feel Lucky...Yeh...I Feel Lucky Today. When planning our SW USA trip my Number One wish...in fact my only wish...was to visit The Wave in Arizona. I first saw it in a blog that blew my proverbial mind . Twisting...turning...petrified striations...orange, yellow, red, brown and gold...I'd call it a dream if I didn't know it was real. "Walking the Wave" in the Paria Canyon-Vermillian Cliffs Wilderness thus became my "Walking on Water" Quest. ... read more

July 26th,2013 10:30 PM MDT Day 17 Today was the shortest tour of the week, Zion Canyon- 81 miles. As we got to Zion Canyon, we're thinking " did they save the best for last ". We're hoping the pictures will give some idea of how spectacular it is. We drove through a very short tunnel and one that was 1.1 miles long,built in 1930. We actually drove on roads that were down in the canyon. This was different from the other canyons since they were seen looking from the top down. We saw a desert big horn ram while driving through. After we got to the town of Springdale, we parked our cars there since there would be too many for the visitor's center parking lot.We were shuttled to the visitor's center and from there ... read more

July 23rd, 2013 9:00 pm MDT Day 14 Today was a short tour, 73 miles. We went to Coral Pink Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado City, AZ home to the FLDS polygamy Community and the Pipe Spring National Monument. The Coral Pink Sand Dunes has some nice scenery, small area with 21 camping sites. Next was a real Model T experience, leaving Utah and entering AZ. The road changed to dirt (sand) road for 5 miles, a 10 to 15 mph top speed road, beautiful scenery along this road. Then on to Colorado City, AZ. This is 100% inhabited by FLDS (Mormons). Our Model T club got permission from the community leaders to visit their town. We were told that their children love the old cars and would be waiting for rides. You can see in ... read more