Good-bye Colorado . . . Hello Utah!
Traveled through irrigated, lush farmland on high plateau through our first Utah stretch. The last half of our drive was severe uphill, traveling through dramatic buttes and canyons. Roger and the bus are both glad to have arrived for a rest!
The campground was full so we were sent to the wilderness - really, the wilderness! We were scared at first but, after we settled into one of many dispersed sites, we really loved the primitive isolation of our new home. We had to improvise everything. While gathering firewood, we marked our way back by dragging a stick in the dirt. We were glad we did! Here's the new dishwashing station. Ran out of gas fuel while cooking dinner. Had cooked sausage, cold beans and no rice. We made coffee and warmed water over the campfire next morning and did okay.
These bridges are in deep, beautiful canyons. Most we viewed from above, but this one we hiked down to. If you look close you'll see a tiny Debbie sitting on a rock below the span. We were overwhelmed by the scale of these things.
There are three distinct environments here; the deep white canyon bottom is one thing, the mesa or plateau with it's green cover of pinyon pine and juniper, and the severe red buttes that tower above it all. Impossible for a camera to capture ....
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