We crossed into Utah! And we're welcomed by a storm.
Where did the mountains go?
Chris likes making his tongue known.
We went through some cool canyon openings like this one! This was on our way from Blanding to Natural Bridges.
Now there's cool rocks instead of mountains.
Fran is hiding in the tree to get out of the hot sun. Lesson learned: start early.
Made it to Natural Bridges! Now we have some extra time and we go do any ride around the 9 mile loop to go check out the bridges.
Sipapu bridge: the largest of the three here.
Kachina bridge: the youngest
Ochamo bridge: the oldest
More on 9 mile loop
Our campsite
Slept early to get up at 2 am the next day.
Next day: to Hanksville
His was probably our trickiest day of the trip, 100 miles with pretty much no water stops. So we left at 3am to beat the heat.
At least this place is a dark sky reserve so we watched shooting stars on our way down until the sun came up. Here an attempt at a picture.
Oops guess we forgot to bring or DSLRs.
Sunrise over lake Powell, halfway!
More in glen canyon
We made it to water and civilization by 10:30am! Still was pretty sweltering.
Hanksville was the smallest town we've ever seen. Not the best after a 100 mile bike ride. This was the most popular spot. At least there was water.
This is how we take our pictures. No stopping in the heat.
Next day: to Single tree campground
All the canyons.
Stopped in because someone in Boulder recommended the sticky buns. We ended up getting two sticky buns (cinnamon buns) and carrots and goat yogurt. He had to go out back and dig up the bunch of carrot for us!
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Heading into capitol reef natl park!
Got some apples from Capitol Reef orchard.
Did a short hike in capitol reef at cohab canyon trail.
Wayne county farmers market. chris got yet another cinnamon bun from the Mesa market farmer.
Next day: to Escalante
Sunrise from our campground at Singletree campground in Dixie natl forest.
Getting to the top of Boulder mountain
View before descending into escalante grand staircase!
Utah does have grades up to 14%, in this case it's for the next 4 miles downhill. Cool.
Rolling down with these views.
