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Date:         Mon, 6 Mar 2017 11:24:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Utah Tour, April
Comments: To: Vincent Dow <ianvincentdow@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CAF9Ro-aG-i+4YWVbv3zbKr2hoK5uykFY+BGFdah73_3YZp9Gkw@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks for all ya'lls responses.

Has anyone been through Death Valley since all the flood damage/road closures has occurred. Thinking the flowers will be grand but traversing, not so much . . .

On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Vincent Dow <ianvincentdow@gmail.com> wrote:

> Utah is the best. Blows my mind everytime I pass through. > I highly recommend this place: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovenweep_National_Monument > > It's a lost city of the Anasazi people. Not the biggest ruin (that would > be Mesa Verde - or Chaco Canyon.) But Hovenweep is away from the crowds of > trailers. It's the best kept secret. > > A bit hard to get to... my tom-tom sent me down a dirt road that took us > far afield. Then the road was suddenly full of wild mustangs! All the > locals say: Don't trust GPS out there. And they're right! > > Anyway, Hovenweep is right on the Utah/Colorado border. You'd get to it by > turning off the 162 at Aneth, UT. Then you're on dirt roads. The campground > at hovenweep is lovely ($12/night). Small, well organized. There's a really > great visitor's center... and they actually let visitors walk around the > ruins with dogs. > > You'd get to Hovenweep after the drive through Monument valley... You > could arrive end-of-day. Might want to look into reservations. Me and my > girlfriend ere enchanted by the Anasazi ruins. > Vinnie > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote: > >> OK folks, I've got two weeks to get from Portlandia to UT and back. I >> reeeeeealy want to take the daughter to Zion's Angel's Landing and The >> Narrows, and The Wave but outside of that have no idea how to prioritize >> other than distance from Kanab and weather. We love to hike and backpack >> but a driving tour may be best. Have considered at tour I-15, 89, 98 and >> 191 and wondered if anyone can recommend using/not the minor ones like 12, >> 24, 72, 95, 276 and such to get around Cap Reef and Escalante. >> >> -- >> Neil2 >> '82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky) >> '86 Vanagon (SaVannah) >> '08 170" 2500 Mega Roof Sprinter (Moby) >> '90 Westfalia Subagon (SaL) >> Fulltiming since August 2008 >> Nunquam Pendite Divendium >> > >

-- Neil2 '82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky) '86 Vanagon (SaVannah) '08 170" 2500 Mega Roof Sprinter (Moby) '90 Westfalia Subagon (SaL) Fulltiming since August 2008 Nunquam Pendite Divendium


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