Blogs from Utah, United States, North America - page 8

17th Sept ’11 Cedar City, Utah This was our base for 3 nights allowing us 2 full days of exploring. We set off from Flagstaff that morning and drove to Cedar City via Zion National Park. This was a fabulous park, we both agreed it was our favourite. From the direction we came from we had to drive through a massive long tunnel right through the mountains to get into the park – an unusual sensation but pretty exciting as it was so long and there were occasional windows where you got tantalising glimpses of soaring mountain peaks. The mountains surrounding the canyon were all different shapes and colours, from red jagged peaks to white flat topped mountains with vegetation growing on them, all different heights and all equally impressive. What was particularly unique and special ... read more

We heard rain all night and hoped it would be gone by the time we started our day..Not! Our friend Tony also had developed back problems so no Motorcycle trips today. Steve ended up riding ours 24 miles in the rain to rent a car for all of us to use. We all piled in after lunch and headed to Bryce Canyon. We ended up with some wonderful photos despite the low lying clouds and fog. It is hard to believe that one canyon could have such diverse landscape. God never ceases to amaze!! Despite the weather, we had a terrific day with our good friends from CA.... read more

After successfully escaping Vegas I drove for about 8 hours to get to Moab. It was an amazing drive and I really enjoyed it. I took some amazing pictures as I was going along. The Hotel I stayed at was really nice. It is called the River Canyon Lodge. The room was very nice. The Bed was amazingly comfortable. I slept really well. I got up early and went to a Place called the Pancake Haus. Which makes fairly nice flapjacks. This are not pancakes no matter what these Americans say. I spent the next 4 hours in the Arches National Park. This is a spectacularly scenic park. Just look at the pics. I then did the drive to Vail. It was really nice getting back into the mountains. The Road basically run next to the ... read more

We would have liked to stay in FT. Collins longer but good off-road riding was calling and we had to answer. Our base camp was just north of Moab in a little recreation area parked a stones throw from the Colorado River. The trails were multi-use so you could hike, bike, 4x4, atv, and motorbike!!!! The pix will speak for themselves. We also decided to try to hike the same canyon that the movie 127 hours was based on, it was kinda creepy. We got about half way and had to stop due to lack of canyoneering experience and gear. It was cool none the less!!! video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pou2yvVxP4... read more

After breaking camp at Devil's Canyon we drove the motorhome south to Gooseneck State Park. There we saw the Colorado river cutting its way through the canyon floor. We off loaded the motorcycle in this remote park and left for a 100 mile round trip into AZ to see Monument Valley, deep in the Navajo Nation. After returning to the motor home, (Maggie was frantic as we were gone for 4 hrs) we loaded up and drove north along scenic route 95. We entered the canyon floor of ancient rivers with side walls over 1,500 feet. The colors were spectacular and around every turn the landscape was more impressive than the last. We crossed lake Powell in the upper end of Glen Canyon National Park. We drove past a massive Capital Reef with 1,000 foot rock ... read more