 Winter 08-09 Trip Entry 1 |
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We left home to get away from the Cold Snowy Colorado winter. Last year we used our 93 Ford Explorer on a tow dolly and to save weight this year I bought a 1972 VW Beetle to tow. The Bug needs some work and I will do it along the road. Before we left I put on all new brakes and 4 new shocks. The previous owner had no keys and had jury rigged an ignition switch so I fixed that and got new keys made to fit the original ignition switch and door handle.
Nov. 12, 2008
Got a late start and only drove 82 miles, stopping for the night just outside of Bluff, Utah, at Sand Island BLM Campground. There were some great back-in campsites but I didn't feel like unhooking the VW so took one of the side pull-throughs.
our camp site with the Bug in tow.
Nov. 13, 2008
Drove 178 miles to Lone Rock camping area at Glen Canyon NRA just north of Page, Arizona. This is a place we stop a lot when traveling this route. It's open beach camping with great views and plenty of sunshine for the solar panels.
Wendy & Gordon at our Lone Rock Camp Site
Lone Rock Pano
Nov. 14, 2008
Drove 87 miles to Coral Pink Sand Dunes Utah State Park just north of Kanab, Utah.
Very nice park - we'll have to come back when we can stay longer. Besides the State Park CG there are BLM dry camps in the area.
Camp Site
Pano of Coral Pink Sand Dunes from the Overlook
Nov. 15-18, 2008
Drove 41 miles to Watchman CG in Zion. Coming into ZIon from the East you have to go through the Tunnel and pay $15 for what they call the Tunnel escort. You are stopped just before entering the tunnel and wait until the traffic is stopped at the other end. Then you drive through the tunnel right down the middle.
Spent 3 nights here relaxing, sightseeing and GeoCaching.
Pic out one of the windows cut in the Zion tunnel. Wendy took it as we drove through
Pano taken from the back of the Zion Human History Museum
The below Pics are of Grafton Ghost Town just outside of Rockville, Utah. Part of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was filmed here.
The last pic is the Grafton Cemetery where we also found a GeoCache
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December 11th 2008 - Lilli:
Hey Mike, looks like a nice trip for you so far. We remember going thru Zion , but don't remember it costing that much. oh well what hasn't gone up? LOL
Anyway safe travels, wishing i was out there
Hi Lilli I missed you comment when it first was sent.
Are you going to be in QZ this year??
We are currently ia Anza Borrego State Park until 12/28 then over to Salton Sea State Park the going to the FMCA rally in Indio then down to QZ for thr RV show & our RVforum.net rally.
Mike
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