Windy with magnificent views: HWY 12 from Capitol Reef to Escalante, via Boulder Mountain, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and Anasazi State Park. Addie and I are having a great time!
Author: Lisa
Capitol Reef National Park: AMAZING!
Red rock formations
Capitol Dome: shaped like the Capitol building and the reason for the park’s name
Hickman Bridge with Capitol Dome in the background
My favorite of the many petroglyphs
Capitol Reef is a geological wonder!
Chimney Rock
A driving kind of day with many types of scenery. Stopped to see cliff dwelling at Butler Wash and ruins at Mule Canyon. Drove scenic HWY 95 and then through Capitol Reef on the way to my campsite-with-a-view. Now time for yoga and relaxation before hiking in Capitol Reef tomorrow!
Natural Bridges National Monument! Photos in age order: youngest Kachina Bridge, mature Sipapu Bridge, oldest Owachomo Bridge. Fabulous hike, amazing scenery, beautiful day!
Kachina Bridge
Sipapu Bridge
Owachomo Bridge
Lloyds Lake with Abajo mountains in the background.
After a lazy morning relaxing “at home” (in Addie!), I explored absolutely AMAZING Mesa Verde National Park! Petroglyphs, cliff dwellings, ruins, and canyons…WOW! I mean, WOW!
Spruce Canyon
Cliff dwellings – they are near the mesa’s top but hidden from view if directly over them!
Cliff dwellings 🙂
Cliff dwellings – simply amazing!
Cliff Palace (access to the palace was closed today but I saw it from across the canyon)
Petroglyphs 🙂
What a phenomenal day! Beautiful scenery, different landscapes, surprising cultural sites – started with a morning coffee walk among the red rocks. Monument Valley (arch at my campsite!), Mexican Hat Rock, Goosenecks State Park (San Juan River meandering through the rocks), Bluff Fort, Hovenweep National Monument. Ah…! 🙂
Morning coffee walk among the red rocks
Red rocks at my Monument Valley RV park
Monument Valley RV Park arch
Mexican Hat Rock, Monument Valley
Goosenecks State Park with San Juan River meandering around the rocks
Bluff Fort
Hovenweep National Monument
OMG! Yes, I kept yelling out OMG all day during today’s adventures! First 2 pics: Walnut Canyon National Monument’s cliff dwellings. Next 3 pics, lava and crater at Sunset Crater National Monument. Then 3 pics of Wupatki National Monument’s pueblos. The last photo is from Monument Valley. Very busy, active, and breathtaking day! Ah…! 🙂
Perfection.
Fun spending time with Yvonne and Amelia Earhart!
Plan C: it’s the journey and not just the destination. Photo #1 from Sunset Point Rest Area on my way to GORGEOUS Sedona. Guess what? I’m not the only one who wanted to visit Sedona right now! Plan A: Sedona Elks – full. Plan B: Sedona RV parks – all full. Plan C: Cliff Castle Casino parking lot – empty (photo #2)!
Adventure time! First stop: Joshua Tree! Can you hear me oohing and aahing? 🙂
Truckee River Legacy Trail. Gorgeous 8.2 mile walk. Ah…! 🙂
Plumas National Forest: checking out Nanine’s new digs!
Good morning!