Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 11:24:17 -0800
Reply-To: Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Utah Tour, April
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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.
>>
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>> 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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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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