The campsite on Gooseberry Mesa outside of Apple Valley Utah was incredibly quiet all night long. This morning when I got up, I heard some coyotes in the distance and a bunch of birds that sounded a little bit like quail. We got everything packed up on route around 10 in the morning. We drove to Hurricane, Utah, filled up the thirsty beast, and stopped by grocery store for a few supplies. And then we are off to Zion national Park.
And then there were people. They were probably 10,000 cars in the parking lot, but a nice family flagged us down and told us to wait a few minutes to give us their spot. Kathy went into the visitor center while I walked the pups. There were people everywhere, but that is to be expected on a Saturday in a national park when the weather is warm and there’s water in the desert. There’s so many people, and with the restrictions on dogs, we decided to just do a drive through the park.
The drive included a $15 fee because our vehicle was large and would require a one-way traffic pattern through the tunnel. Since it was several hours back the way we came, the $15 was probably less than we’d spend on the first hours worth of gas. It was a beautiful drive though especially after the tunnel, with the road was so windy up through the sandstone formations it was beautiful.
We decided to quit the road today at 3 PM as we found a nice campground in red Canyon just before Bryce Canyon national Park. The campground was $30 for the night, but it also has showers. This would be a great place to have electric bikes, because there is a bike path that runs all the way down to the town below and into Bryce Canyon. I can picture Oscar now with a set of riding goggles.
Here’s one picture from today, see the album for the rest.
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