Movin' East - Day 52

Saturday, October 25, Day 52 - Leaving Las Vegas, destination Hurricane, UT. Another beautiful day out west, a great day to travel. Although we hated to leave Vegas (Kathy wanted to stay another night and try to get into the Donny and Marie Osmond show at the Flamingo), we decided to head east into Utah. As we traveled east into Arizona, the scenery changed from desert landscape to mountains, canyons and mesas, as captured in the photo below.

As we crossed into Arizona from Nevada, we were amazed at how much the scenery changes at almost every turn. The trip through Arizona was short, but beautiful. We can hardly wait to get to the Grand Canyon.

The picture, above, was supposed to be the sign reading "Utah State Line", but I think I grabbed the wrong one. I think this one is when we entered St. George, UT, a few miles beyond the state line. Anyway, it shows the contrast between the cities and the wide-open spaces out here. We are simply awe-struck with all the beautiful places we have seen, so far. The best part of all of this is that we have been able to take the time to appreciate all the places we have seen so far on our trip.

The photo, above, shows the entrance to the park where we will be staying for the next two days (or more, should we decide to stay longer). This park is a lot like our Resort Park at Port St. Lucie, in that the sites are all concrete pads, surrounded by grass and shade trees, and the roads are all paved. We have already met several new people here who spend the winter at this park. All the sites are rentals, only. Nothing here is for sale. The rates here are quite reasonable for such a beautiful park. The monthly rate is $300, and the daily rate is $30. From the information I have been able to gather in speaking with our next-door neighbor, there are other places which have even lower monthly rates! I suggested to Kathy that perhaps we should sell our lot in Florida and come out here for the winter. She was not very receptive to that idea.

Tomorrow, we will explore Zion National Park and Kolob Canyon. We will travel south into Arizona, through Colorado City (a mormon community), and Fredonia, before heading north into Kanab, UT, and finally into Zion from the East Entrance to the park. This will a 75 mile loop, returning to Hurricane. Later, we will travel north to Kolob Canyon to explore that park. Be sure to check back tomorrow for pictures of that adventure.

Here's the link to today's web album:

http://picasaweb.google.com/cbenoitiii/TheTripDay52DrivingToUtah?authkey=FUjQTlbwtGE#