Category Archives: Desert Road Trip 2016

We woke up early and stopped in Cedar City for lunch, at a big coffeeshop/cafe called The Grind. We had delicious sandwiches and sat next to a nice knitting/sewing circle. Then we continued South on I-15. That particular highway has several stretches where the posted speed limit is 80mph, and it’s mostly straight and flatContinue reading “Polygamist Canyon”

After our diner breakfast, we set out en route to Bryce Canyon. We stopped along the way in Red Canyon, which is impressive in its own right, and lives up to its colorful name. It was extra dramatic because it was cloudy at the time, and the sky added an ominous cast to the orange/redContinue reading “I’ve got views in high places”

After our crepe lunch, we stopped to gawk at the ‘best dam view in town’ (side note: small towns with hydroelectric monuments should be banned from making puns about them. There were two entire pages of ads in the hotel room binder for “the best dam restaurant in town” “the biggest dam shopping center” etc,Continue reading “A side trip to the Sahara”

The next morning we woke up early, around 6am, and I picked up some snacks from the hotel breakfast station. Then we went to the Navajo reservation, and checked in for our tour of Lower Antelope Canyon. I’ve had a picture torn out of a calendar from here since I was in my teens, soContinue reading “Under the Desert”

In the morning we left St George, Utah, for Page, Arizona. First we tried to have breakfast, but pro tip: if you’re visiting Utah, please note that *everything* is closed on Sundays. We finally found an open restaurant in St George, but due to the limited options it was packed, mostly with families towing packsContinue reading “Managed burn, DO NOT REPORT”

After we left Las Vegas, we drove to our first destination; Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada. Directions: drive on the main highway for awhile, then turn right. Be directed immediately with no room for argument through a complex obstacle course in a large dirt field, which is doubling as a parking area forContinue reading “Sunset in the Valley of Fire”

The glitzy one, not the French one