Saint George, Utah

Claudia, Valentino and I left Saint John on August 23rd and did a six-day, 3,100-mile trip to St. George, UT…a trip I never want to do again. After the third day, I could barely turn my neck left or right. It was a tough ride. All we did was drive and sleep. One day we did 600+ miles so we could meet my sister at Wolcott, just west of Vail, CO. All in all, it was a tough six days. We arrived at St. George the afternoon of the 28th.

We are now starting the Grand Circle caravan…a 29-day tour around the Four Corners area where we visit most of the state and federal parks in the area. We started out by visiting Zion N.P. yesterday and will be headed for the Kaibab Plateau tomorrow. The Kaibab is the home of my favorite little critter, the Kaibab White-Tailed Squirrel



Kaibab White-Tailed Squirrel

and where we visit the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We follow that with visits to Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef N.P., Goblin Valley, Canyonland N.P., Dead Horse S.P., Arches N.P. and then on to Cortez, Colorado where we visit Mesa Verde N.P. and the Anasazi cliff dwellings. After Cortes, we head for Durango and to take a bus and train trip up to Silverton. We then head for Monument Valley, stopping at the Four Corners Monument on the way. This is where the Four Corner states of Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico come together. After Monument Valley, we head for Lake Powell and the Wahweap RV Park at Page, AZ followed by a jaunt to the last stop of the trip, Sedona, AZ.

The trip ends on September 29th and we plan to be home on October 1. That’s the trip in a nutshell. Since we are leading this trip, blogging time will be little or non-existent. I might get a free day now and then (like today) and be able to get out a short blog but don’t expect anything like the Maritimes trip. (Maybe some of you are saying, “Thank God for that!”)

Anyway, that’s the story for now. It looks like we have a great group and all is going very well so far. “Talk” to y’all later…maybe.