Monthly Archives: May 2013

Durango, Co On of the reasons we decided to visit Durango and Alpen Rose RV Park was we knew that our friends, Hans and Lisa would be here this week.  We first met them during our stay in San Diego … Continue reading →

Durango, CO After a wonderful stay of almost three months in Utah (OK, we spent a week in Page, AZ, but you could see Utah out our front window), we have now migrated into the green state of  Colorado.  We’ll … Continue reading →

Bluff, UT Sunday was our last full day in southeastern Utah, so we decided to visit one more Puebloan ruins site.  Our tour guide, that nimble hiker, had read somewhere about a site called the Moon House Ruins, but it … Continue reading →

Bluff, UT On Friday we decided to take the most challenging hike we had planned during our stay in the Four Corners area of southeastern Utah.  Bullet Canyon has the attraction of two Ancient Puebloan ruins withing a short distance … Continue reading →

Bluff, UT The tiny town of Bluff (pop. 320) has three restaurants that have been recommended to us.  We’ve eaten at one (Twin Rocks Cafe) twice and have been very pleased.  Earlier in the week we stopped at the second, … Continue reading →

Buff, UT Southeastern Utah has one of the largest concentrations of ancient Pueblo dwellings in the US.  Some are developed and have accessible trails, but there are many hidden in the canyons only discovered by long backpacking hikes.  One of our … Continue reading →

Bluff, UT After completing the drive up the Moki Dugway (see yesterday’s blog), we continued north to visit Natural Bridges National Monument.  There are three natural bridges in the monument, and we decided to hike to all three.  The park … Continue reading →

Bluff, UT The Moki Dugway is located on Utah Route 261 just north of Mexican Hat, UT.  It was constructed in 1958 by a mining company to transport uranium ore.   Route 261 is thirty-four miles long, with most of it … Continue reading →

Bluff, UT Sunday morning we were up and ready to go by 9:00 AM, early for us.  After a quick stop at the Wahweap Resort for a coffee-to-go (it’s a Starbucks!) we were on the road, headed for the small … Continue reading →

Page, AZ Today is our last day in the Lake Powell area, so despite the chance of showers (10%) we decided to head west for a short hike to see another arch.  After driving about twelve miles west we parked … Continue reading →