When the Latter-Day Saints settled in this valley in southern central Utah, the nearby Fremont River provided irrigation for one of their first agricultural ventures- fruit trees. This field is a living remnant of those orchards around the once small community of Fruita, which was established in the 1880’s.
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Enter Zion and take the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive north to its end at the Temple of Sinawava lot, and then can take the Riverside Walk towards the Gateway to the Narrows.
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About halfway between Kanab and Mt. Carmel Junction, Utah- and the mouth of Zion Canyon to its west- is a turnoff south for Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. From this drive, the view northwest features the elevated sandstone formations that comprise the region around Zion National Park.
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First built in 1929, the first bridge on this site, initially called Grand Canyon Bridge (and renamed Navajo Bridge five years later), was constructed to replace passage across the Colorado River and Marble Canyon by ferry. In 1873, at a location 5 miles north of the bridges, a landing called Lees Ferry had been...
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I left mid-morning on Wednesday, March 2, and headed west on I-40. While the ultimate destination of the trip was Kanab, Utah, I planned to get there in two days, and make a few stops on the way. By a stroke of blind foresight last year, I had purchased a National Parks Annual Access...
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I thought I would take some time tonight to figure out roughly how many miles I put on the truck with this trip. I wanted to do this in part because I am nearing the 200,000 mile mark with my truck (I’m about 600 miles short), and I wanted to see about where I...
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