Escalante Petrified Forest State Park

... began to fall some more. We scurried back to the Kiva Koffeehouse for a break. Afterwords we drove to the Escalante Petrified Forest State Park. By that time the sun had actually started to peek out from the rain clouds for an extended period. The ...

... and bought souvenirs, while enjoying the air conditioning. Once we were all on to the bus, we headed for Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, our campsite for the night. Our drive was an interesting one. It was very scenic with sweeping views ...

... east on route 12 tomorrow morning early to find a camping spot at Capitol Reef National Park. Thursday, May 2 – Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, Escalante, Utah  This state park is on scenic route 12 just west of Escalante, Utah.  ...

... not as helpful as some other rangers, but she gave us a map and we were on our way. She had mentioned that there was a petrified forest state park just 2 miles down the road, so we thought we would stop and check it out, but there was a fee since it was ...

...  Also, over a dozen species of bees are unique to the area.   Our destination for the evening was the Escalante Petrified Forest Sate Park just outside the town, where we had a reservation for the next three nights.  The campground is on a ...

We got up pretty early at our Escalante Petrified Forest State Park campsite.  Yesterday was scenic drive day, so today is hike day.   The Petrified Forest is on a mesa 200 feet above the campground.  The trees were in a forest about 150 ...

It was a beautiful morning at the Petrified Forest Campground - blue sky with a few puffy white clouds.  We decided to spend our 5 days in the Grand Staircase- Escalante alternating hiking days and scenic drives. We took the suggestion from the ...

Our time was up at the Petrified Forest State Park, but we still had two more nights in Grand Staircase Escalante.  Tonight we are leaving the camping experience (wind, sand and toilets a block away) and moving to a bed and breakfast.  Not that ...

We arrived at Escalante Petrified Forest State Park near mid-day today and settled into camp. There is a reservoir here and plenty of wind.  Alan set up his pink hammock right away.  I dunno why he has a pink hammock, maybe he can explain ...