Home Sweet Home

Hello from Mount Carmel, Utah!
One week ago, Carol and I arrived at our home for the next month in southwest Utah.
This is a rv campground we reserved for October 2017 when we were in the area last year.  As you know we love southern Utah and we chose this particular place for a couple of reasons.
1. Location - we are just 16 miles east of Zion N.P., an hour o so from Bryce N.P., 1 1/2 hours from the north rim of the Grand Canyon, and surrounded by countless hikes and canyons in Grand Staircase N. M. We are also backed right up next to the Virgin River.

2. Value!!  For the month of October we pay $420 for full hookups which includes use of the pool at the Best Western across the street and also a free 9 hole round at the golf course each and every day.
(use of a golf cart is $5. extra 😃)

In any case we have been in Utah for almost 2 weeks after leaving Idaho.  We have been mostly boondocking without hookups or internet, so we have some catching up to do.
Our trip through Utah has thus far taken us to Goblin Valley and Capital Reef N.P. in Central Utah and we then spent a couple of nights in the Glen Canyon Rec. Area, traveling on the Bicentennial Hwy. which crosses over to Blanding and Bluff - which is a beautiful area and headquarters the much talked about "Bears Ears NM." - which our dear prez. Is trying to reverse so they can drill and mine and "make more money!"😖  
 From there we drove over to our place here in Mount Carmel.
So here is a brief pictorial of our Utah adventure so far:

When we left Idaho we made a beeline for Goblin Valley which we had not visited before.

From Goblin Valley we jumped on the Bicentennial Hwy. that crosses Glen Canyon N.R.A.

After Several days exploring Glen Canyon we headed onto Blanding and stayed outside of Bluff at Sand Island Rec Area on the San Juan River - a main launch point to float the Canyon.

What was going to be a one nighter turned into four as it is such a beautiful spot and with great hikes to petroglyphs, Valley of the Gods, and cliff ruins we found it hard to leave.

                                              17 Room House - above the San Juan River

                                    Gettin' ready to lauch down to the Canyon  (Next Year??

Another nice aspect of the Bluff Area is it is just north of the Arizona border and less than an hour and a half from Canyon de Chelly where we had not been for 20 years.  Amazing!!!

So that brings us to our present home at Mount Carmel Junction - but tales of  our activities here will have to wait.  Suffice it to say we have played alot of golf (8 out of 9 days) and done some incredible hikes and drives.   Now that we are settled and i got my computer back from the shop in St. George i will update in about a week!  Hope you are all well and feel free to send feedback!

Love, Don and Carol