Red Canyon – Hiking with Fred

Red Canyon – Hiking with Fred

After leaving Bryce Canyon National Park, Fred and I stopped for lunch and then went hiking at Red Canyon, part of the Dixie National Forest. Red Canyon has landscape similar to Bryce. The major difference is that at Bryce you are looking down into the canyon, and at...
Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon National Park

We went to Bryce Canyon on Wednesday, May 12th. I really liked the landscape there better than at Zion. They’re very different – Bryce is made up of the red rocks that come straight up out of the ground, referred to as Hoodoos. For me, this was more impressive...
Zion National Park

Zion National Park

This morning we went to Zion National Park. It was a little over an hours drive from the campground in our rental vehicle. I didn’t want to have to pack up the whole RV to leave and return, then do the same tomorrow for our trip to Bryce Canyon, so I spent the $...

Side Trip – California

Before I left Scottsdale, I had the opportunity to fly to California to see my dad, brother, sister-in-law and nephew. Steve and Lisa were kind enough to take care of Fred for the weekend so I could get in a short family visit before leaving on grand adventures. I’ll...
Lake Powell

Lake Powell

Lake Powell is just a couple of hours drive to the northeast of the Grand Canyon. It’s quite lovely and we had a restful few days there. Unfortunately, many of the things that the Lake is known for were not currently available – most notably the boat tours into...