What to do when you boss says "Yes. You can take your 3 weeks of vacation at once"

[fladogfan aka Gretchen 259]

What Carol said...WOW!

[michele j 9]

Beautiful pictures! I love it out west..

Was that hotel facade used in national Lampoons Vacation? One of favorite movies.

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

Beautiful pictures! I love it out west..

Was that hotel facade used in national Lampoons Vacation? One of favorite movies.

Ding Ding Ding!!!

We have a winner.

Sorry the only clip I can find is not in English.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQJH5tZLGis

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

Interesting side note -

while we went to the grand canyon, every single view you just posted was new to me. Great shots!

I remember in your previous trip report you went to the north rim. I will definitely have to go to that side next time around.

[Southern Blessings 4]

Love that campground, LOL! Those pictures are gorgeous! Simply amazing!

[dblr....Rennie 224]

Loved the Bedrock campground but the Grand Canyon pictures have to be the best so far, what a trip you took looks great!!!!!!!!!!

[doodlebug....Cherie 461]

Love you Grand Canyon pictures! Oddly I have the very same shots!! You're right it is breathtakingly beautiful!

[stefa70 205]

Beautiful canyon pics!

You guys saw so much on this trip, how are you ever gonna top this one?

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

Love that campground, LOL! Those pictures are gorgeous! Simply amazing!

The campground was ok. The back area really makes it. Otherwise there are not many sites, no shade, and the bathrooms are very old. clean but old. Still a fun stop.

Loved the Bedrock campground but the Grand Canyon pictures have to be the best so far, what a trip you took looks great!!!!!!!!!!

We have quite a bit more to see. Just wait.

Love you Grand Canyon pictures! Oddly I have the very same shots!! You're right it is breathtakingly beautiful!

Thanks!

Beautiful canyon pics!

You guys saw so much on this trip, how are you ever gonna top this one?

I don't think we can top it but we do plan to revisit some of the places. There is also a lot of the country left to see. Once we retire we definitely plan to get a camper and drive to different parts of the country, set up shop for a couple of months in an area and really explore it.

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

Continuing on we turned north. We were going to drive through Monument Valley on our way to our campground for the night.

We did not go into the actual indian reservation to get closer to monument valley's structures. Roads arent to good in there from my research and it takes a while to get out and back. So we just took pictures form a distance.

Made it into Utah!

I have heard of free range chicken but that's a little scary on a 70 mph road. Thankfully you can see a really long way down the road out here.

Our home for the evening.

Camping in the site next to us was a gentelman who was biking his way across the country. he had a little tow behind trailer for hi mountain bike that carried his tent and gear. He had been stuck here for a few days as he bent a rim coming into town and was waiting on a tire to come in. It was neat getting his perspective on seeing things and pedaling you way through the mounatins.

Next up Arches National Park

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

I remember in your previous trip report you went to the north rim. I will definitely have to go to that side next time around.

Just keep in mind it is a bit disorienting, as the view is not what you "expect"

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

It is amazing how many people you see that are biking out west.

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

Just keep in mind it is a bit disorienting, as the view is not what you "expect"

I am sure but it would still be nice to see it from the other side. I hear it is less crowded as well.

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

It is amazing how many people you see that are biking out west.

It was amazing. This guys was heading through the Rocky's for the east coast. I thought that was a little more ambitious than I would ever be.

[Southern Blessings 4]

I thought after the canyons nothing would wow me, but those are some gorgeous shots!

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

I thought after the canyons nothing would wow me, but those are some gorgeous shots!

Just wait for Yellowstone. Nothing compares.

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

Sorry guys I had another post almost done and lost it. Will have to work on it again later tonight.

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

I am sure but it would still be nice to see it from the other side. I hear it is less crowded as well.

500 thousand as opposed to 3.5 million

has a great lodge too

It was amazing. This guys was heading through the Rocky's for the east coast. I thought that was a little more ambitious than I would ever be.

more ambitious than me too.

[doodlebug....Cherie 461]

Monument Valley looks awesome!! If you were going to get stranded on an Indian Reservation that one looks a lot prettier than the Crow Nation, just saying! :rofl2:

[Judy in Texas 150]

Sorry guys I had another post almost done and lost it. Will have to work on it again later tonight.

I've had that happen a few times. I've started writing the longer posts in Word first or copying and pasting into Word "in case".

ARGGGHHH!

[michele j 9]

Your pictures are gorgeous! Southern Utah is beautiful. I always liked driving through there.

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

Monument Valley looks awesome!! If you were going to get stranded on an Indian Reservation that one looks a lot prettier than the Crow Nation, just saying! :rofl2:

It is a beautiful area.

Your pictures are gorgeous! Southern Utah is beautiful. I always liked driving through there.

It is a very striking area.

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

So lets try this again. We left the campground the next morning headed north to Arches National Park.

You start seeing arches before you get to the park.

We made it!

So in addition to the arches for which it is named there are also fins and towers. At one of the towers there were a bunch of people stopped taking pictures of the scenery. It was nice in shady next to the tower so we though we would as well. While looking around and Sil was taking pictures I noticed some people had climbed up the tower to the point where it goes pretty much vertical. I decided I wanted to head up there and check out the view. I also deicded not to tell Silvia cause she would worry about me.

As I was working my way up she realized I wasn't near her any more and finally found me half way to my destination. Once I got

as far up as I was able to go I had a great view. Course Silvia had the camera so I don't have a picture to share. Sorry.

So Pictures of this...here we go

Surrounding area

I made it!

This was quite a ways up in all honesty and I was fairly tired after doing this so I didn't get out of the car to much for a little while.

Continuing through the park.

The Windows as they are called

We spent a couple of hours here. On the way back out we stopped to see Park Avenue, There was no parking available on our way in so we were glad there was some now.

pic limit

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

Heading down form the plateau

and on the road again after stopping in the gift shop

We are now headed north to Provo, UT. Our friend Ben lives there with his wife. Ben is the person who introduced us so we had to pay him a visit.

Sad to say we didnt take many pictures in Provo. We rolled into town. Had dinner and dessert with Ben and his wife and then went to our hotel to do laundry and sleep.

The next day on the way out of town we did grab some pics as we passed through the mountains.

Today is a long drive day. We started in Provo and we are headed to Yellowstone. But not in anything approaching a straight line.

So we headed east towards Flaming Gorge Recreational Area.

Some sights along the way.

Entering the flaming gorge area

And now heading into Wyoming.

We will break here. Lots more to come.

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

Yellowstone is another spot we didn't get to go see..... can't wait!!

Actually you are visiting alot of places we missed so this is really cool!