Travelodge Richfield

... pushing him out of the first ditch, we gave him a push up the hill until he came to a corner where he and Andy nearly went off a nasty hill to the side. No need to tell all, but about 4 hours and many scary moments later, we were back where we started.<br>Whew.<br>So it was pretty late at night when we pulled into monroe, home of the mystic hot springs. After some searching we pulled into the parking lot, all ...

Hi All,<br>Today we drove to Torrey via Bryce National Park. Spent good time in Bryce Canyon. Absolutely wonderful. The scenery just keeps changing...Better &amp; Better. The accommodations that we have had have been really good except one but that was OK. The trip up to Torrey was good as has been all the travelling so far. Garry continues to drive so Ken is relaxing. So far we have had Subway for many of our lunches.

... their maps and start circling or hi-lighlight everything. <br><br>Ask them about a scenic walk and you end up with at least 5 "must dos."<br><br>Petroglyphs, yep we got them. And they have the 100 Hands pictographs. Historic houses or museums...they are being marked. Aong with hiking trails. <br><br>So, we jump in the car and go in search of the petroglyphs near Calf Creek. <br><br>Our map is marked. Well, sort of. We have to pull off the ...

... and we made it the 13 miles in and stopped to have a wander around. There were lots of small rock formations - at the bottom a red colour and the top a sandstone. It almost looked like someone had come along with a can of paint and touched them up. Some great patterns, ledges and arches.<br><br><br>Vibrating back we made it to the main road (relief!) and went on the search for some petroglyph's - old rock art dating back a ...

We left haveyouheardofourtown, New Mexico around noon. Our first stop, on our way to Arches National Park, and eventually Richfield Utah, was at the Four Corners. We has to pay 3$ each to get in (over-priced). We took some pictures and then decided to get some Navajo Burgers and Tacos from the trailer near the bathroom, because we had no idea how long it would be until we would find food. Yup, exactly....gross. It was like 4 bites of food, for 7$ none-the-less ...

... Creek Lookout because the vista is breathtaking. As we have said before you have sensory overload with all this scenery. After another 37 miles we got in to Torrey around 2:30 and set up for the next couple of days. Torrey was going to be our base so that we could explore Capitol Reef National Park. The next day (Wednesday) we push off to Capitol Reef. We have been told that we have to stop at the Gifford Farm House and get some scones. We did and they were great as well as ...

... visit meant different things for us, but we would still come back again in summer to do some of the more remote stuff they don't do in winter. In fact, if we see more than a handful of people on a hike, it is busy. Compare that to summer when the car parks are full. Zac was after more hiking and we headed off to a viewing trail for Delicate Arch (this great big sandstone structure that stands out by itself on the top of a huge rise). The trail is ...

... that night. There were some hotels, but they were to expensive to my taste. We started the evening with a nice dinner. Altough they had rooms too, I asked them for the direction to the bed and breakfast. No Vacancies said the sign when we arrived there. A couple of miles further was a not so standard hotel (with free WIFI) So we took that.

After last night's late drive, we took it easy today, just driving around Capitol Reef national Park. This area is famous for being populated by 2 groups of people - the Fremont Indians, who left lots of rock carvings of men in the sandstone walls of the canyons, and the Mormons, who turned the valley into an orchard, and named the area Fruita.<br><br ...

An extended shopping trip in Moab meant we set off quite late. We stopped for a little while at Arches, then went on to Canyonlands National Park. Canyonlands has very distinct areas, some of which are quite remote, so we stuck to the Island in the Sky section, which is 30 miles north of Moab. The canyon is the home of the Colorado river, with some pretty impressive twists and turns. You can see why this area (and the Dead Horse State Park next door) were used for the finale of Thelma ...