On our way to Valley of the Gods we passed through the little hamlet of Mexican Hat, Utah, population 31. After a quick stop for gas we continued on up Highway 163. A few miles out of town we came across a sign on the right side of the road mentioning the actual Mexican Hat …
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Driving away from the Valley of the Gods we were heading up Hwy 163 through Bluff, Utah where it changed into Hwy 191 and continued North. Nine miles North of town we saw another of those always intriguing brown sign with white lettering pointing the way to Hovenweep National Monument. With what we thought sounded …
We were heading to Monument Valley as some of the pictures we have seen of it are simply stunning. When we arrived at the Navajo Nation office though the vibe just didn’t do it for us. Too many people. Too much pressure to buy “authentic Navajo art.” Pressure to hire a “guide” to take us …
We headed away from Grosvenor Arch at about 2pm and so still had 6+ hours of daylight left to go find something pretty and interesting. We had seen pictures before of the stunning and iconic Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River just South of Lake Powell, saw that it was not that far away from …
Driving away from our great time exploring the Willis Creek Slot Canyon we turned Southeast on Cottonwood Canyon Road just to head “thataway” and see what we might find. A little more than 4 miles later we came to the turnoff to Kodachrome Basin State Park. We initially turn up that road and then quickly …
Having talked to the nice woman at the Sunset Campground within Bryce Canyon National Park we now had our sights set on checking out this slot canyon. Leaving the Park we headed up Hwy 63 into the town of Bryce itself and stopped to fill up the Tacoma. Turning right onto Hwy 12 from the …
We approached the park from the West by way of the Red Canyon/Scenic Byway Route 12. It was there that we were first introduced to the extensive color palette (heavy on the reds) we would be enjoying for the next couple of days. Before we arrived at the actual Park entrance where we usually take …
If our working definition of Adventure is simply stated as “A journey, sometimes of a hazardous nature, where the outcome is not entirely within your own control” then, truth be told, a fair amount of our “adventures” do not really meet our hypothetical definition. Literal definition…sure. Heck, you have an adventure every time you drive …
Using Dennis Casebier’s book as our guide we started the day at the edge of the mighty Colorado River. After a few fits and starts as we figured out the difference between what the book says we should be seeing and what we actually see we finally found the right turn off Needles Highway and …
We had decided to take a much-needed break after our long first day along the Mojave Road. At the end of our first day we had found ourselves at Camp Phallus and as it was at a noticeably cooler altitude decided that would be a good spot. I planned on catching up on some reading …