Blogs from Utah, United States, North America - page 3

Another gorgeous start to the day and nice and warm again. We actually managed to watch a stream of the movie Broken Arrow last night on You Tube and it was interesting to see an old western movie again. The ending was a bit of a surprise but I won’t do a spoiler in case anyone wants to watch it but it did have some nice footage of the Sedona area we had traversed a few days ago before the tourists discovered the region. We missed the opportunity to see the Horseshoe Bend whilst we were in Page which is a shame but the reviews said you had to be there in the middle part of the day to get the best views and we had 2 tours back to back yesterday so it just did ... read more

Sun, 11 September Zion National Park. There are so many and so few words that best describe this place. It's scale and beauty is epic, imposing, surreal and captivating. It's impossible to tear your glued eyes away from the scenery, which feels very much like a movie set back drop because it's so picture perfect. The narrow canyons have towering red cliffs - rugged and sometimes sheer - rising 1km above the valley floor. It reminds me of both Yosemite and Kings Canyon merged together. There are two main canyons. The first is run by a shuttle only and has the majority of the walks. Some walks are easy or moderate and some are strenuous. You catch this from the Visitor Centre and it shuttles back and forth from stops 1 to 9. The trip itself ... read more

11th August, 2022 Alarm went off bright and early this morning so we could make the 7am pick up for the tour. We were by ourselves at the pickup point for quite a while. But less than 3 minutes from pick up time, heaps of people turned up. We had a full bus of 13 passengers plus the driver. The driver Joe told us that this was going to be a very fast paced tour and warned each one of us not to be late back to the bus anytime we stopped. First stop was Zion National Park which was quite spectacular with mountains almost right on top of you. There was a shuttle bus that goes around the park and stops at significant places and we just rode that to each stop, got off for ... read more

On se réveille à nouveau vers sept heures. On avait coupé la clim hier soir, compte tenu de la température qu’il faisait, et du coup, il à fait un peu chaud. Après avoir repris un excellent petit déjeuner, nous quittons Panguitch pour le parc national de Zion, à environ cent trente kilomètres. La météo ressemble à celle de la veille. Pour l’instant dégagée, mais la pluie est attendue pour le début d’après-midi. On empreinte une route touristique pour rejoindre le parc, elle serpente entre des blocs de roches rouges gigantesques. Plusieurs tunnels ont été creusés dans la montagne. C’est vraiment beau, et la hauteur de ces roches qui offrent des parois droites comme un mur, est impressionnante. Pour l’instant le soleil brille généreusement, il fait trente degrés et on arrive enfin au parc. On ne circule ... read more

On a une longue route à faire aujourd'hui. Après ces deux jours passés sous le soleil de Moab, on va traverser l'Utah d'Est en Ouest pour rejoindre un autre parc national, Bryce Canyon. On part vers dix heures ce matin, sur l'Interstate I70. Ca roule beaucoup sur cette autoroute, mais on va la quitter assez rapidement pour prendre les chemins de traverse. On va en fait passer tout proche du parc national de Capitol Reef. D'après quelques photos que j'ai pu voir, il est également magnifique. Mais ca sera pour une autre fois. Venir dans l'Ouest c'est aussi faire des choix. On quitte donc l'autoroute en direction de Capitol Reef. Progressivement, le désert disparait et laisse la place à un paysage de verdure, de prairies, de champs, d'arbres. On longe également des cours d'eau qui, miracle, ... read more