Where We’ve Been
We decided to rent a small power boat for the day. Since the Stateline Marina for Lake Powell is in Utah but is also within walking distance of the campground in Arizona it made for easy access to hop over there and get a boat and spend the day out on the lake! The marina also rents a variety of …
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Yes, we won! We won the lottery to hike The Wave! For those of you who are not familiar with The Wave, it is an area in northern Arizona that is so popular that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) controls access to the area using a lottery system. For details on the lottery and more information about The Wave …
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Utah Lake State Park has been on our list for visiting for years but it seems we just never made it there. Plus some of the reviews I had read didn’t sound so great so we always put it off. Boy, are we sorry. We finally stayed here for 3 or 4 days and absolutely loved it. We wished we …
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We departed Kingman and headed on to Nevada. We headed on towards Las Vegas and as usual, took the bypass through Lake Mead National Recreation Area. It is such a beautiful drive and peaceful and much nicer than driving through Vegas. We continued on through Mesquite and eventually back into Arizona going through the beautiful Virgin River Canyon area …
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We departed Salt Lake City and as we headed south along I-15 we could clearly see the Bingham Canyon Mine which is the largest man-made excavation in the world. You can’t miss it if the weather is clear it is so big. And then further south we took Hwy 20 east about 20 miles to Hwy 89 to get to …
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Welcome to Utah, The Beehive State, named in 1847 to symbolize cooperative work and the term is still used to this day. We drive through Salt Lake city frequently but just recently a friend of ours moved there so it was time to spend a few nights downtown and do some visiting! So KOA it was! RV Park: …
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Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area is located in the northeast corner of Utah and the southwest corner of Wyoming with over 43 campgrounds offering primitive sites to full hookup campgrounds. The area has a nearly 91 mile reservoir with plenty of recreational activities to please everyone. Fishing and boating are a big draw in the area along with camping and …
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Lucerne Campground is a lovely campground in Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area run by Ashley National Forest. The campground has about 140 sites and is one of about 43 campgrounds in the Flaming Gorge area. The campground sits on the west side of the Flaming Gorge reservoir and is easily accessible in a big rig whereas some other campgrounds and/or …
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Ross Creek Ross Creek is an area of Jordanelle State Park which is on the north east side of the reservoir and has hiking and biking trails. It is about a 10 mile drive from the campground to the Ross Creek trail head. The Ross Creek area has two hiking loops and the Perimeter Trail which is over 13 miles …
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Jordanelle State Park is located in Heber Valley close to Park City and Deer Valley Ski Resorts. The state park is located along the Jordanelle Reservoir and consists of 3 areas, The Hailstone area with 7 campgrounds, day use area with beaches, and a marina, and the Ross Creek and Rock Cliff areas which have hiking, biking, and water activities. …
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