I-70 East through mid-Utah is one of the most gorgeous routes you can take. Today, we drove from Brigham City to Moab, Utah. We went from high desert and Rocky Mountain foothills to this geological paradise of eroded sedimentary red rock. Take a look at the bottom picture. I quite accidentally got the "super switchback" sign in the picture. Compared to BC mountain roads, this wasn't a tight switchback, but it gives you a picture of what the drive was like today. It was one of those OMG days - at every turn it becomes more magestic. Jim and I toured through this area in 2000 with our wonderful pop-top Dodge mini-van. We loved it then and have both been looking forward to revisiting it and introducing Yvonne to its beauty. We had a very long day today. We started at 9:30 AM and didn't get settled into our RV park until sunset. The view here is gorgeous. From our site, we are looking across to red rock mountains. We are right in the middle of both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. We know from our previous visit that Arches National Park has the highest concentration of natural arches in the world. Canyonlands is an explorer's paradise. It is truly a 4 x 4 park. Without a 4 x 4, you can drive the main roads and take a look at the views - which are magnificent, BUT, if you have a 4 x 4, you can explore for days and days in this park. Many people dream of visiting the Grand Canyon, but if we had our pick, this spot is even more breathtaking.

Stay tuned for more documents of our explorations here......