Prospector Inn
Travel Blogs from Escalante
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Day 10: And still going west
We left Moab this am and headed to Arches NP. This is one great place. Went on several walking trips (short) and enjoyed the view close up. At end of the road we found this small canyon that was was for pick nicking and had lunch, was a neat place.
From Arches we headed north and west to Captiol Reef NP. When …
Melting Rock
Kodachrome, They give us those nice bright colors, They give us the greens of summers, Makes you think all the worlds a sunny day, oh yeah. I got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph, So mama don't take my Kodachrome away. Kodachrome ~ Paul Simon Well, it wasn't a sunny day. We had left a couple days free, planning to be back country hiking …
Putting on the Pounds in Escalante
I awoke to the sounds of rain. The rain was limiting our hiking plans since there were only so many chances I'd take with our little Ford Focus. We had originally planned a camping overnighter near Escalante, hoping to explore a canyon along Hole-in-the-Rock Road. With the rain moving in, we were extremely grateful for a warm dry bed and not being …
Just my luck.
Today started off really nice. We had a pancake breakfast over at Clarke's and then left shortly after. Chad's girlfriend has been joining us these past few days so they needed someone to drive their car over to the hotel while they drove. I ended up driving it and it was actually one of the best drives I have ever had. The road ran right through a …
Kaleidoscope of Color Mystery Walk
... Fremont Indians about which we know so little; Anasazi puebloans, many centuries back on the archeological timeline, yet leaving their petroglyphs and pictographs on many a seemingly inaccessible canyon wall; Paiute and Ute tribes who ranged throughout this area and from which the state “Utah” derives its name; and Navajo, largest tribe now resident in the United States with a nation of over 300,000. In this way ...