August 2017 archive

Kanab, UT

After a short (3 hour) drive from Monument Valley, we arrived at Kanab. Another small town in Utah with the same naming convention for streets. The main roads are usually called Main Street and Center Street, the streets North of Center Street are 100 North, 200 North… The streets West of Main Street are 100 …

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Current Wildlife Count

Here’s an update on the wildlife count that Caroline has been keeping track of. 1000+ Bison 11 Elk 23 Deer 12 Swan 2 Rabbit 1 Snake 9 Pronghorn 1 Fox 11 Mountain Goat 5 Lizard 8 Merriam’s Turkey And chipmunks, squirrels and marmots… –

Monument Valley

Monument Valley is on Navajo land which is in both Utah and Arizona. The state lines do not determine the area for the Navajo Nation which spans about 17 million acres across 3 states. We were staying in the Utah side of Monument Valley and would cross the state line into Arizona when we visited …

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Moab, Utah

Apparently we left Yellowstone a day early – we should have double-checked the schedule before but oh well, it all worked out well as we were able to get tickets for the highly coveted Fiery Furnace hike at Arches National Park. If we had left the day after, we would have been out of luck. …

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