Friday, October 21, 2005
Moving On
We probably could have stayed a month at Moab but it was time to move on to Bryce Canyon. The drive was very interesting — we drove through Capitol Reef National Park and stopped to see the petroglyphs, over “ridge back” a piece of the highway where the land is only twice as wide as the highway, up high onto a plateau that was at 9,587 feet, down into valleys where hundreds of cattle roamed and past canyons, buttes and domes. The destination for the night was Ruby’s Campground just outside of Bryce Canyon National Park — location and hot tub made it the obvious choice. There is a stretch of a hotel, motel, rodeo park, general store, gift stores, gas stations, restaurants and campground and it’s all owned by the same family — a bit of a monopoly. Everything was well maintained but of course a bit pricey. The one thing that was a bit disturbing was the sign that read “unhook your water at night due to freezing temperatures”. Luckily the lowest temperature it went to while we were there was 33F, the fellow at the counter said it was 28F the night before we came.
Zaph meets the Ravin
Zaph meets the Ravin
If you wish you can sign our guest book
We have added a web page with a map of our current location and route to date