Kanab, United States Travel Blogs

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
Sep 25, 2006

Dropped Chris off at the airport and headed back to Kanab... My friend Kim is driving down from Portland, OR to join me in volunteering with the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Kim and I met in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina... Chris and I were ...

Back to Kanab - The Greatest Earth on Show!
Oct 2, 2006

... early. So, if you haven't gotten a mammogram recently, do it. I am not up for any more funerals any time soon... So, back in Kanab. We were planning to head to Jackson, WY, then to Big Timber, MT, to drop off Bokeh, and make our way, trailerless, to ...

Sunday 18 May
May 25, 2008 (8 photos)

Sunday 18th May   We struck out from the Grand Canyon heading for Zion National Park - an adventurous target as it was quite a distance away. We stopped in Page at a Walmart (a huge supermarket) for supplies and to escape the heat (100 F +). & ...

Across Arizona Hwy 89A
Jun 17, 2007 (1 photos)

Long drive across the high plain and into the mountains of National Park

Utah--Kabab and back to Grand Canyon North Rim AR
May 28, 2009 (18 photos)

... the evening, we visited the Crescent Moon Theater, an old restored movie theater, famous for its western movies. The small city of Kanab, Utah is called the "Hollywood of the West" because of all the western movies filmed in the area. The Parry Lodge near ...

ZION
May 27, 2006

Okay onto Zion. Zion was definitely a favorite. It was so beautiful there and it wasn't commercialized at all. It also wasn't huge so it didn't take us hours to get to where we wanted to go. The only problem with Zion was that the campground was first ...

Utah--Zion National Park
May 29, 2009 (28 photos)

... were proud we got within 1/8 mile of the summit   . . .  maybe in our next lives. Before leaving Kanab, UT, we toured the world famous Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, a nation-wide organization promoting rescue, adoption, spay/neuter and ...

Grand Canyon
Oct 5, 2009 (4 photos)

Sedona is cute, all those beautiful houses and touristy shops, but the drive along Oak Creek Canyon between Sedona and Flagstaff is amazing. We decide to drive into the Grand Canyon from the south entrance, and spend a relaxing day taking shuttle buses to ...

Zion and Grand Canyon National Parks
Jul 25, 2006 (13 photos)

Hello again, Sunday-we left Bringham City, Utah at 730 (75 degrees) in the morning hoping to get a good start before the heat of the day (it's relentless). Today it was the trailers turn to have issues (rear axle bearing on the trailer burnt out) called ...

Monument Valley
Oct 19, 2009 (28 photos)

Nach zwei Tagen im Arches National Park und mit frischer Waesche im Gepaeck, haben wir uns quer durch eines der groessten Indianerreservate der USA gewagt :-) Die Cowboyhuete haben wir in den Kofferraum gepackt und dafuer die Federn angesteckt... ...

Drive to Kanab, UT and Hoover Dam
Jul 24, 2009 (21 photos)

... now Lake Mead (the lake created behind the dam) is at only 43% capacity because of a decade of droughts in the Southwestern United States. Boat docks extend onto dry dirt and not into the water, rock is exposed, and very little water flows through the dam. ...

The Greatest Place on Earth
Sep 26, 2009 (33 photos)

... Best Friends is spread out over several thousand acres in beautiful southern Utah. It is the largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the United States. On any given day there are over 1,700 dogs, cats, bunnies, birds, pigs, horses and other animals.   ...

Day 13
Mar 4, 2006 (6 photos)

Kanab, UT to Zion, UT On my way westward, I noticed another one of those National Parks right in my path, I figured I'd reward myself for the journey so far and spend an extra day exploring the park. I found mountains and valleys, streams, and more ...

Jun 19, 2009
Jun 19, 2009 (29 photos)

The Grand Canyon is our next stop, but we were pretty close to the Hoover Dam so we left Vegas in that direction.  On the way in, we saw Lake Mead, a big blue oasis in the desert, kept there by the dam.  We moved on into slow traffic to see the ...

Kitsch Kanab and Zion
Oct 22, 2009 (21 photos)

... high expectations. We approached the park from the east along Rroute 9, which has to be one of the most beautiful drives in the states. It was stunning. At the park entrance we had to pay $25.00 to enter, which we thought was s bit steep, but does ...

Kanab, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park
Mar 7, 2003 (3 photos)

DAY 18 MON We drove another few hours to the hostel at Kanab, knocking over (but not hurting) a deer in the darkness. Along the way the driver warned us that the hosteller, Errol, was as camp as a row of tents but that we must make absolutely no reference ...

Day 13 - Las Vegas to Kanab UT
Aug 28, 2008 (6 photos)

Zion & Bryce Canyon info to come

South Rim Grand Canyon to Kanab
May 9, 2008 (3 photos)

... Zion Canyon as well as visit the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. This is the largest no kill animal rescue sanctuary in the States. They presently have 22 of Michael Vick's dogs there which they in the process of rehabilitating. They also had horses, ...

Day 47 - God Bless Asda
Jul 4, 2008 (7 photos)

... chopping up his firewood with his new axe(!), Neil mad a fire in the grill and cooked our chicken breasts to perfection! Distance travelled: 180 miles Total distance travelled: 2821 miles Days on road: 27 States visited: 6 National Parks visited: 4

Utah...pretty, and boring
Apr 2, 2007 (4 photos)

... we went all out and ordered margaritas,a nd the kitchen dude and waitress joined us. it was fun, especially since they were friendly and told us about how s-l-o-w it was there...You get the point. Kanab=PEACEFUL quiet and a bazillion miles from anywhere...

Kanab, Utah
Oct 23, 2007

Back at Kanab

Day 10 - Kanab Utah
Jul 15, 2008 (47 photos)

Long spectacular drive. 11 hours. But we were in the Rockies. Saw Ice on top of the peaks. Went down the mountains to canyons. Had Lunch on the Colorado River.Went thru the desert. Lots of different terrains

Grand Canyon, north rim
Sep 20, 2007

... scale. The north-rim earth is red and green, dotted with many green bushes, so it is not a desert down. It seems you don't see so far away as in the south: the view is much smaller. We are now in Kanab - a very pleasant place ($66). Good evening Rivka

Back in Kanab
Jul 24, 2006

Kanab was the center of our travels

Back to the hotel
Jul 26, 2006

This was a nice place to stay

Day 12 - Kanab Utah - Grand Canyon
Jul 17, 2008 (120 photos)

Today we went to the Grand Canyon. It as beautiful. We hiked for over 4 miles. We saw 3 mule deers that we were able to get real close to. Plus some kind of lizard.

PARIA CANYON
Feb 27, 2009 (14 photos)

On the way to Kanab I stopped at Paria Canyon. I was the only person at the end of a 2 mile dirt road at the White House Springs campground. Again I was warned about flash floods and this time many warnings of snakes. I stayed on open ground and saw ...

Kanab Utah - Hollywood of the West
Aug 4, 2008

Leaving Lake Powell we headed back into Utah.  Our first stop was in the relatively small town of Kanab. I'm sure you have never heard of Kanab, but I bet you have seen it more times than you realize.  Numerous TV shows (including Gunsmoke and ...

Beds like Bananas...
Nov 15, 2009 (16 photos)

... I would save the hotel for a better date down the road.  Nov. 16, One of the reasons I wanted to stop in Kanab, other than the movie history, and the fact that John Wayne and countless others hung out here while making tonnes of movies...was that I ...

What a view!
Aug 4, 2008 (1 photos)

The other errand we had concerned our car. A few days back we noticed that the oil sign had lit up on the dashboard and after examining the manual we found out that it meant we had to go in for service. After calling the rental company we discovered that ...