Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 06:49:49 -0800
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Utah Tour, April
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I just came through the Lucerne valley, then the Owens Valley, one range
west of DV...The desert flower bloom is ON... Been hanging in the
Southwest desert winters now for a number of years, and this looks to be
the best ever for the flowers, what with the timing and intensity of the
rainfalls... Weekends will be very busy in the prime flower viewing areas.
I cut east to hwy 95 rather than stay on the higher elevation portion of
hwy 395...Still a lot of winter snow in the high country..
On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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