Over the last week, I’ve been scanning in some of my Dad’s photos, everything from old cars to grandkids to trips he took over the decades. (And a lot of photos of power plants because he was a mechanical engineer.) One batch of photos caught my eye and I’m pretty sure you can guess why… Yep, I found a half dozen shots of Bryce Canyon from a trip he took there in 1986. He was 61 and had been retired for a few years by that time. He had a really nice Minolta SLR with a beautiful 58mm mm lens…
Month: November 2021
2021 Fall Trip: Chapter 7: Bryce
Bryce. Just that one word evokes an entire lifetime of hearing stories from my Dad about this place. He went a few times, back in the days when he and his buddies were going up to Bonneville to run hot rods they’d built (and just that once, the company car my Dad had on loan, but that’s a whole ‘nother story…). As I approached Bryce, my excitement grew. It took a big hit as I passed through the tourist traps that are line both sides of the road approaching the park boundary. But then, I saw the entrance sign and…
2021 Fall Trip: Chapter 6: Kodachrome
And the hands-down winner of “best laundry” and “best showers” for this trip is Kodachrome State Park. Seriously, no contest at all. Yeah, yeah, this place has got some gorgeous scenery. And yes, it is right on the way from Capitol Reef to Bryce, so it does make a good pit stop. And oh, by the way, it does have some hookup sites, so you can recharge the RV batteries if you’ve been caught in days of bad weather or overcast skies. It was also a good place to recharge my personal batteries, with reading, napping, and staring up at…
2021 Fall Trip Interlude: Tafoni
One of the things I loved most about Capitol Reef was the tafoni. The WHAT, you say? Tafoni. Yeah, I didn’t know that’s what it was called either. But now we both do 🙂 It looks like this when you stop the car, get out, and actually stand in front of some of it. Cavities, holes, pits, whatever you call them, I fell in love with the big walls of tafoni at Capitol Reef.
2021 Fall Trip: Chapter 5: Capitol Reef
You would think that by this point in my trip, I would be expecting amazing things at every stop. And I was. But, honestly, Capitol Reef was perhaps the most unexpected place I’ve been in my life. Why, you might ask? Here’s the thing… I hadn’t done any research about this place. I had somehow skipped my friend’s blog post about their visit. I’d actually never even *heard* of Capitol Reef until I was planning this trip and figured I might as well be check this National Park off the list, since it was literally on the way. So I…