fladogfan aka Gretchen 259 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 What Carol said...WOW! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
michele j 9 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Beautiful pictures! I love it out west..Was that hotel facade used in national Lampoons Vacation? One of favorite movies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted September 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Beautiful pictures! I love it out west..Was that hotel facade used in national Lampoons Vacation? One of favorite movies.Ding Ding Ding!!!We have a winner. Sorry the only clip I can find is not in English.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQJH5tZLGis Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted September 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Interesting side note -while we went to the grand canyon, every single view you just posted was new to me. Great shots!I remember in your previous trip report you went to the north rim. I will definitely have to go to that side next time around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Southern Blessings 4 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Love that campground, LOL! Those pictures are gorgeous! Simply amazing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dblr....Rennie 224 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Loved the Bedrock campground but the Grand Canyon pictures have to be the best so far, what a trip you took looks great!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doodlebug....Cherie 461 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Love you Grand Canyon pictures! Oddly I have the very same shots!! You're right it is breathtakingly beautiful! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stefa70 205 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Beautiful canyon pics! You guys saw so much on this trip, how are you ever gonna top this one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted September 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Love that campground, LOL! Those pictures are gorgeous! Simply amazing!The campground was ok. The back area really makes it. Otherwise there are not many sites, no shade, and the bathrooms are very old. clean but old. Still a fun stop.Loved the Bedrock campground but the Grand Canyon pictures have to be the best so far, what a trip you took looks great!!!!!!!!!!We have quite a bit more to see. Just wait.Love you Grand Canyon pictures! Oddly I have the very same shots!! You're right it is breathtakingly beautiful!Thanks!Beautiful canyon pics!You guys saw so much on this trip, how are you ever gonna top this one?I don't think we can top it but we do plan to revisit some of the places. There is also a lot of the country left to see. Once we retire we definitely plan to get a camper and drive to different parts of the country, set up shop for a couple of months in an area and really explore it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted September 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Continuing on we turned north. We were going to drive through Monument Valley on our way to our campground for the night. We did not go into the actual indian reservation to get closer to monument valley's structures. Roads arent to good in there from my research and it takes a while to get out and back. So we just took pictures form a distance. Made it into Utah!I have heard of free range chicken but that's a little scary on a 70 mph road. Thankfully you can see a really long way down the road out here.Our home for the evening.Camping in the site next to us was a gentelman who was biking his way across the country. he had a little tow behind trailer for hi mountain bike that carried his tent and gear. He had been stuck here for a few days as he bent a rim coming into town and was waiting on a tire to come in. It was neat getting his perspective on seeing things and pedaling you way through the mounatins. Next up Arches National Park Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicki aka Rebelstand 272 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 I remember in your previous trip report you went to the north rim. I will definitely have to go to that side next time around.Just keep in mind it is a bit disorienting, as the view is not what you "expect" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicki aka Rebelstand 272 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 It is amazing how many people you see that are biking out west. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted September 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Just keep in mind it is a bit disorienting, as the view is not what you "expect"I am sure but it would still be nice to see it from the other side. I hear it is less crowded as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted September 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 It is amazing how many people you see that are biking out west.It was amazing. This guys was heading through the Rocky's for the east coast. I thought that was a little more ambitious than I would ever be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Southern Blessings 4 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 I thought after the canyons nothing would wow me, but those are some gorgeous shots! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted September 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 I thought after the canyons nothing would wow me, but those are some gorgeous shots!Just wait for Yellowstone. Nothing compares. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted September 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Sorry guys I had another post almost done and lost it. Will have to work on it again later tonight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicki aka Rebelstand 272 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 I am sure but it would still be nice to see it from the other side. I hear it is less crowded as well.500 thousand as opposed to 3.5 millionhas a great lodge tooIt was amazing. This guys was heading through the Rocky's for the east coast. I thought that was a little more ambitious than I would ever be.more ambitious than me too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doodlebug....Cherie 461 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Monument Valley looks awesome!! If you were going to get stranded on an Indian Reservation that one looks a lot prettier than the Crow Nation, just saying! :rofl2: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Judy in Texas 150 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Sorry guys I had another post almost done and lost it. Will have to work on it again later tonight.I've had that happen a few times. I've started writing the longer posts in Word first or copying and pasting into Word "in case".ARGGGHHH! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
michele j 9 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Your pictures are gorgeous! Southern Utah is beautiful. I always liked driving through there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Monument Valley looks awesome!! If you were going to get stranded on an Indian Reservation that one looks a lot prettier than the Crow Nation, just saying! :rofl2:It is a beautiful area.Your pictures are gorgeous! Southern Utah is beautiful. I always liked driving through there.It is a very striking area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 So lets try this again. We left the campground the next morning headed north to Arches National Park.You start seeing arches before you get to the park. We made it!So in addition to the arches for which it is named there are also fins and towers. At one of the towers there were a bunch of people stopped taking pictures of the scenery. It was nice in shady next to the tower so we though we would as well. While looking around and Sil was taking pictures I noticed some people had climbed up the tower to the point where it goes pretty much vertical. I decided I wanted to head up there and check out the view. I also deicded not to tell Silvia cause she would worry about me. As I was working my way up she realized I wasn't near her any more and finally found me half way to my destination. Once I gotas far up as I was able to go I had a great view. Course Silvia had the camera so I don't have a picture to share. Sorry.So Pictures of this...here we goSurrounding areaI made it!This was quite a ways up in all honesty and I was fairly tired after doing this so I didn't get out of the car to much for a little while. Continuing through the park.The Windows as they are calledWe spent a couple of hours here. On the way back out we stopped to see Park Avenue, There was no parking available on our way in so we were glad there was some now. pic limit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Heading down form the plateau and on the road again after stopping in the gift shopWe are now headed north to Provo, UT. Our friend Ben lives there with his wife. Ben is the person who introduced us so we had to pay him a visit. Sad to say we didnt take many pictures in Provo. We rolled into town. Had dinner and dessert with Ben and his wife and then went to our hotel to do laundry and sleep.The next day on the way out of town we did grab some pics as we passed through the mountains. Today is a long drive day. We started in Provo and we are headed to Yellowstone. But not in anything approaching a straight line. So we headed east towards Flaming Gorge Recreational Area.Some sights along the way.Entering the flaming gorge areaAnd now heading into Wyoming.We will break here. Lots more to come. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicki aka Rebelstand 272 Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Yellowstone is another spot we didn't get to go see..... can't wait!!Actually you are visiting alot of places we missed so this is really cool! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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