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The Fascinating Scenery of Utah’s Byway 12

Having spent two days exploring Bryce Canyon National Park, it was time to head toward our next location, Capitol Reef National Park. We could drive north and then east to Torrey, where we planned to stay. That was the shorter route, but we went back towards Bryce Canyon to drive Highway 12. Highway 12 is a designated Scenic Byway so it seemed the more interesting choice. The beginning of the highway passes through an area known as Red Canyon. As…

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Vegas to Kanab, Utah Via Valley of Fire

In 2016 we spent a week in Utah checking out three of Utah’s big five national parks. We intended to go back and see the other two, but just hadn’t made it. It was time to go back and check out the two we missed: Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef. We planned to make a trip of it by including the north rim of the Grand Canyon and Nevada’s only national park, Great Basin. There were some other spots including…

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Impressions of More US National Parks

Last week I shared about five National Parks I had visited before I started my blog. I didn’t feel I remembered enough to give a lot of detail, but thought I would share some thoughts and experiences about these parks. Today I want to share about five more parks. While last week’s list included parks from Maine to Hawaii, this week the parks are all in the southwestern section of the United States. Yosemite National Park is a well known…

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