Without not too many days left of my holiday, I had to start some planning and such I tried to go West a bit today. I therefore searched for a place to stay near the Zion National Park, such that I can start exploring it early in the morning. Thanks to hotels.com, which I used…
Nautical Miles
Mountains in Full Color
Goblin Valley State Park
What a strange place. When I was at Vernal UT, more precisely at the Tourist Information at Jenson UT, I got hold of a flyer, which advertised Goblin Valley State Park – in very small print actually. Luckily, that particular park was on my route today from Green River to Torrey. These very special geological…
Lucky – Howard Johnson
After arriving at the “Capitol Reef National Park” and browsing through the visitor center, I decided to stay for two nights, in order to have enough time to explore this place. But where? As I had no phone connection or other internet access in the part, I drove towards Torrey and pulled out on the…
Old Town of Hanksville
Playing with Ravens
First Floor
The way to the concurrence of the colorado river and the green river follows the base of the top layers of rocks. The “First Floor” is quite green and there are even some farmers taking advantage of the large area. In contrast the “Second Floor”, the top of the surrounding mountains, is quite arid and…
Strange Stones
A bit outside of Moab, one can find a short “Dino Track”. Directions to which are available a the local land management agency and basically involve driving into no mans land 15 miles north of Moab on a dirt road. Once there, there should be a short track, where dinosauric bones and petrified wood can…