on 4/3/06 6:45 PM, Walker, Phil at Phil.Walker@BROOKS.COM wrote: > We've done a bit of camping in Central Utah (north of Hanksville) and > east/southeast (Moab area) but we're planning a spring trip with our two > little hikers in a couple of weeks and want to hit the Bryce Area, > Escalante and Capitol Reef. We need to do short hikes or we can take my > son on our backs when he wipes out (my little girl is just 6 months old > - she'll be "riding" the whole way). My routine of consulting the list > has always worked out for trips and I hope this is no exception. We've > been in the area before, but never did any primitive camping. I'm not > adverse to camping at an RV place if that is the only option, but my > experience in southern Utah shows me that a dirt road is almost always > around the corner, with a great place to park and an amazing view of the > stars. So if anyone has any secret camping spots, restaurants or hiking > destinations they want to share, please let me know. We likely won't > camp in Bryce since we're bringing our dog. I expect we'll spend most of > our time around Escalante, but I'm certainly open to suggestions. > > -Phil > 89 Westy > "Reiseauto" > I don't have any secret spots/hikes to recommend, but there are some good restaurants in Torrey (Café Diablo) & Boulder (Hell's Backbone Grille) & a decent pizza place/brew pub in Escalante. In any event, as you already know, you can't go wrong in any of the areas you have selected to visit & this is the perfect time of year to be there! Enjoy-wish I could go! Tom- |
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