Since January can be a pretty boring month I'm already planning our anniversary trip for this year. It started off with just the idea to go to Arches National Park, but now it is going to include about 7 National Parks/Monuments/Recreation Areas and about 10 State Parks. Here is the circle we are going to make around Utah.
Just to drive the whole route would take 24 hours and 7 minutes. We plan to do it all in 9 days.We plan to hike approximately 63 miles too.
Here is a list of all the places we plan to at least stop at (click on them to see the info pages):
| Territorial Statehouse State Park |
| Zions National Park |
| Red Canyon |
| Bryce National Park |
| ???? Kodachrome Basin (a little off the route so we might not go) |
| Escalante State Park |
| Anasazi State Park |
| Capital Reef National Park |
| Goblin Valley State Park |
| Glen Canyon National Rec (Hite Marina) |
| Natural Bridges National Monument |
| Edge of the Cedars State Park |
| Newspaper Rock BML site |
| Dead Horse Point State Park |
| Canyonlands National Park (Island in the Sky District) |
| Arches National Park |
| Dinosaur National Monument |
| Utah Field House of Natural History |
| Red Fleet State Park |
| Flaming Gorge National Rec |
We would go broke on all the individual fees so thank goodness the Federal Government sells a pass to all the federal sites for $80 for a whole year. And the State of Utah has an annual pass to state parks for only $75.
I can't wait!
[If you want even more vacation ideas check out www.51centadventures.com to read about all the other interesting and inexpensive places my husband and I have visited.]
You are going to have such a good time!
ReplyDeleteGood thing to do in January we always get bored of it too, we are doing culture month! Your trip sounds so fun, you will have to let us know what the best places are!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a trip! That sounds like so much fun! Enjoy!
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