Utah

As many of you know by now, the “culprit” of my weird RV problems in Colorado was a chattering vacuum pump.  According to the very helpful young man at Country Coach, this miscreant controls the dash heat in the coach.  When he told me that I immediately thought “YES!”  I have heard that noise before […]

Some of the art is man-made. We pass this “Pioneer Billboard” on the Johnson Canyon Driving tour. Storm and I gingerly explore the scenic roads and easier trails around the Vermilion Cliffs and Grand Staircase-Escalade.  Until we install a lift kit on the Jeep, we are trying to be gentle with it.  Lucky for us, […]

Our original plan was to join Jim Brown here to explore areas of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Vermilion Cliffs as a team.  Now that Storm and I are on our own, we are not sure which trails to try.  With two Jeeps on a ride we have a backup if something goes horribly wrong.  Alone, we […]

I probably should have done a little more research before I planned a 2 week stay along the Arizona/Utah border near Kanab in April.  Had I done a little investigating, I would not have been surprised that these two states are not in the same time zone in the summer.  Arizona does not do daylight […]

Whether traveling north or south from Marysvale on Highway 89, we are assured of a picturesque journey.  Today we head south.  Just past Circleville, we pass the childhood home of Butch Cassidy then in less then two hours we arrive at Utah Scenic Highway 12.  From here we can turn east toward Bryce Canyon and […]

We leave our perch in Fruita and head west to Marysvale, Utah.  Here we ride the Paiute Trail and visit with Jim Brown, Punkin and Keith.  We win two sturdy camp chairs with stools at the Memorial Day party at the South Forty RV Park – hurray!  After a few Paiute rides, I sense that […]