Beautiful Southern Utah

This was the view from our campsite at the Glendale KOA, the southernmost KOA in Utah. Our back window overlooked a pasture full of grazing horses. It was quite charming to hear them neighing to each other. We have three KOAs in this area, where so much natural beauty comes together in Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park.

The road here takes us right through Red Canyon, which is also awesome with towering red formations. We even had to slow down to avoid an antelope running right down the middle of the highway on our way to the Cannonville KOA.

Although US tourism is down this spring, the European business is booming out here in the West. Our $4+ a gallon gas doesn't faze them, for that is what they have long been accustomed to in their countries. I had a delightful visit with a young German the other evening as we were settling in. He & his wife (or maybe just girlfriend) had rented their motor home and he shared that this was their first night in a 'regular campground'. He wanted to make sure he was doing everything 'right', so we had an interesting conversation about hookups - water, sewer & electricity. He stopped us the next morning to let us know everything was working well, and thank us for our time.

Next year we will definitely schedule some 'time off' in this area. I mentioned to Roger it would be fun to take a couple of days and rent a Jeep - NOT to do off-roading - but just to travel the scenic byways through this area. I had 'thought' we might just route ourselves along the famous Highway 12 as we go to Moab today, but was told by the locals DO NOT DO THAT TOWING A 38 FOOT TRAILER! And one thing we have learned, is 'listen to the locals'!

So we will stick with the sedate Highway 89 north to Interstate 70 - this time. But we will be back! It is a 6-7 hour trip from Glendale to Moab, so it will be a full day of driving, even on the 'boring' roads.