Tag: Scenic Places

2022 Trip-Eleven Mile Canyon

11 Mile Canyon is one of Colorado’s most famous trout fisheries. A stream that boasts more than 3,000 fish per mile and is known as one of the most scenic stretches of the South Platte River. Between the 135-foot-high dam and the town of Lake George, approximately 10 miles of prime trout stream carves its […]

Day 10-2021

Today we visit Monument Valley. Get in the truck and head to the park entrance, we have to pay $20 fee to drive thru the park. Our National Park Pass doesn’t work here, Navajo Indian property. At the entrance, there is a nice visitor center and motel you can stay out. Sign says Masks required […]

Day 9-2021

Today was our short journey to Monument Valley. This was on Chris’s bucket list. Lots of iconic features: lots of John Ford movies filmed here, Forest Gump’s famous run ends here and several John Wayne movies. Movies including: Stagecoach (1939), My Darling Clementine (1946), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), One of the best movies […]

Day 8-2021

Today is Bryce Canyon Day! This is quite a place, beyond explanation. It was only a few minutes from our campground! Unreal rock formations and views for miles. Not much in the park, a few stores outside the park. Only thing to note here is the above $4 a gallon gas and the astronomical prices […]

Day 6-2021

Today was all about taking a drive towards Bryce Canyon and finding an “out of the way” campsite!We head out of Cedar City on 14 Highway and start climbing, I mean we CLIMB up the mountain. I think we end up around 9,000 feet! It was an awesome drive with lots of sights to see. […]

Day 5-2021

Today, we got up, Deb made cinnamon rolls and enjoyed the low humidity morning. No humidity is SO awesome!!We headed down to Kolab Canyon, a smaller canyon north and west of Zion. Wasn’t as big as Zion, but less crowded and just as pretty. Only a 5 mile drive to the end of the canyon. […]

Day 4-2021

Yep, I slept like a baby! Got up, made a cup of coffee, sit outside on the picnic table, cool and no humidity. This is what vacation is supposed to be like!! Wasn’t in a hurry to get going anywhere today. Eventually, we drove down to Zion National Park. Didn’t get there till a little […]

Wind River Lake

Wind River LakeGoogle Maps LinkUS-26, Dubois, WY 82513 There’s only 1 picnic table there. There is also a small “dock” that you can fish off of. Otherwise, you can fish all around the lake. Beautiful views!!! Evening fishing was the most productive for me…caught about 15 trout in an hour and a half. Pit style […]