Coming from the Grand Canyon our first glimpse of Utah was big red rock formations and canyons. Our first night we parked along the edge of a canyon in Goose Neck State Park. The camping was rustic with no amenities but what a view! We really felt like we were in the middle of nowhere.
The next day we visited Arches National Park, the stone formations were neat to see but a very busy park. We went back into the town of Moab to find a private park for showers and possibly to catch up laundry after several days of dry camping, to find out the town was shutting its doors to overnight guests both in hotels and campgrounds. A very nice man running the park let us in to use the dumping station, fill up with water and use the showers so we could dry camp outside of town. We drove into Canyonlands National Park late in the day. They have only 11 campsites in the park, all first come first serve so they were already full for the night. We found camping at a side of the road national forest campground called Horsethief that was full of mountain bikers and was a great stop for the night. Early the next morning we headed back into Canyonlands and found a campsite. We spent the day hiking various trails and admiring the fantastic canyon views. We stayed for 3 nights at Canyonlands.
Our next stop was three nights at Capitol Reef National Park. The park is in the bottom of a canyon instead of overlooking the canyon so it gave us a different perspective on the hiking trails. The park was full of mule deer, which were quite tame and didn’t shy away from the girls approaching them.
We celebrated Harper’s 7th birthday in the snow at Bryce Canyon and spent a couple of very cold nights taking in the spectacular park.
Our last stop on Utah was supposed to be Zion canyon, but due to park closures we were unable to visit the park.
The Travelling Herrons 