Monday April 4, 2022 When I decided to base the western half of my drive home on Route 50 I wasn’t sure what to expect but, so far, it has been very rewarding. Today was frustrating in several ways but the drive was very scenic despite being on interstate highway. My original plan for … Continue reading Route 50 is proving to be very scenic
Sunday April 3, 2022 I continued a further 240 miles along Route 50 today, entering Utah and the Mountain time zone. The drive was varied, mainly scenic but, if anything, more lonely than in Nevada. The only tourist destination along the route was Great Basin National Park but I decided not to visit. 2021 … Continue reading Great Drive with a Sting in the Tail
Today was a relatively short trip from Blanding, Utah to Durango, Colorado with the tourist interest en route being Mesa Verde National Park. I had only visited this park once before, in 1986, so it was about time. Some of the scenery in the park is quite impressive and there is one overlook, Park Point, … Continue reading Mesa Verde National Park
Today I drove back to Blanding, UT from Green River to complete my loop. This route involved driving Utah scenic byway 95 through Glen Canyon National Recreation Area which surrounds Lake Powell and is one of my favorite drives. Lake Powell was formed when Glen Canyon Dam was built and it was near the dam … Continue reading One of my Favorite Drives
Today and tomorrow I plan to complete a loop that will entail driving about 500 miles to get back to where I started Today’s half, from Blanding to Green River, UT was 290 miles with the sole mission being to visit Canyonlands National Park. On January 1st, 1999 I am confident that I was the … Continue reading Canyonlands National Park
Today was, essentially, a travel day but there were three unusual desert scenes to amuse me along the way. The first, Monument Valley, is part of the Navajo Nation and is right on the Arizona/Utah line. It is a collection of red sandstone monoliths that are up to 1,000 feet tall and has been featured … Continue reading Unusual Utah Scenes
Sunday, August 27 Today was spent mostly visiting the three main viewpoints on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. I, along with most others, normally go to the south rim and it has been 14 years since I last came here. The viewpoints are fewer and the panoramas, arguably, less dramatic as there is … Continue reading Three Marvelous Canyons