Western Trip 2020, Sept. 30

September 30, 2020

Driving from Bryce Canyon, Utah, to Monument Valley, Utah.

Prepare yourself for another photo overload, but with about 350 miles of such scenic beauty, I've actually posted on the conservative side.  Especially trying to choose from the over 600 photos I took. 

We're leaving out around the back side of Bryce Canyon National Park and heading east into the sun taking Utah's Hwy 12.  (It's definitely not like our NC Hwy 12!)  

Once again, this is a road less traveled that winds through several state and national parks, including, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Escalante Petrified Forest, and Capitol Reef National Park. All together they are called the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, which encompasses over 1.8 million acres.

There were many cows very close to the road, but this is the only 

shot I got with the cows and the "open range" sign in the same picture.

  

Our breakfast spot this morning.  

Have you ever heard of a "just a hole in the wall"?  Well, here it is.  A store built into a hole in a mountain called, "Hollow Mountain".  

                                                                                                          Colorado River

This rock formation is called"Jacob's Chair".

                  Our lunch spot.

Cheese Box Butte

Mexican Hat Rock

Monument Valley up ahead.  We just passed "Forrest Gump Hill" where Forrest Gump took off his shoes and quit running.  He turns around and says he's tired and is going home now.  

Well, we're not quite ready to head home yet, so we'll keep going. 

This is definitely not a state or national park.  It's a nice park run by the Navajo.  It's in a beautiful place, but the sites are a little too close together for our liking.  It has full hookups, though, which is very nice after being without any hookups for a while.  So, we are not going to complain.

A beautiful view.  

We'll be here tomorrow for a day of rest and then head out toward Lyman State Park in St. Johns, Arizona on Friday.