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Day 35: Angels Peak

By tony.barb.fisher April 11, 20232023 Southwest US tour

Driving day today as we awake from another quiet night of slumber. The wind has picked up a bit and is from the West so that should help with our travels today. A normal pre-travel morning routine sees us enjoy a small breakfast and then it’s time to disconnect from…

Day 34: Monument Valley

By tony.barb.fisher April 10, 20232023 Southwest US tour

7:00am and an alarm wakes us. The time has gone ahead an hour now that we’re (just) in Utah and we are being picked up at 9:00am for our guided tour of the Monument Valley and backcountry. We enjoy a light breakfast and get ready to be out and about…

Day 33: Onto Monument Valley

By tony.barb.fisher April 9, 20232023 Southwest US tour

Another chilly night, I thought we came South to get some warmth? Had issues starting furnace during the night so used electric cube heater as we were plugged in at the site. Turns out that the propane was NOT turned on thus no furnace, Doh! Although I suppose it’s nice…

Day 16: June 4 – Santaquin, UT to Glenn’s Ferry, ID

By tony.barb.fisher June 4, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

Turns out that the I-15 was a little too close for Barb to get a good nights sleep. Tony, heard nothing…. Typical. A fairly early start to today as we’re off to Idaho (5 1/2 hours). A quick top off on fuel and then to Walmart for a few provisions…

Day 15: June 3 – Moab, UT to Santaquin, UT

By tony.barb.fisher June 3, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

A warm and sunny morning awaited us in Moab. This was the view from our campsite looking West as the sun lit up the rocks. After enjoying a breakfast outside at the campsite we packed up and headed out to Ken’s Lake Campground (BLM) just South of town where we…

Day 14: June 2 – Central City, CO to Moab, UT

By tony.barb.fisher June 2, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

We awake with the temperature having dropped to zero Celsius early this morning. We ran the electric cube heater all night and it appears to have warded off any freezing issues with our water lines. Phew! I did however have a restless night thinking about what might have happened. Hopefully…