Re: A do-it-yourself itinerary for Utah

If I can recommend something ...

We're recently back from a trip to this area. We had a rental car, and as
we usually do on driving vacations, we ordered lunch for the day wherever we
had breakfast. Restaurants in the area are used to this, and we used our
lunch stops to see those smaller attractions that so many have written
about. It's an easy and pleasant way to give yourself about an extra hour a
day for your sightseeing, and it's a great way to relax with such astounding
scenery all around.

Keith

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George, where is this Anasazi village? We're planning a similar trip for
next September.

Marianne


Anasazai Indian Village State Park is by Boulder, about 1/3 of the way
between Capitol Reef NP and Bryce Canyon NP on Utah 12. There's not
much there but it makes an enjoyable pleasant hour stop and has
reconstructions of Indian dwellings and a small museum which are nice
and educational. Also, a good place to get a cold drink of water out of
their water fountain. A little further along is Escalante State Park
by Escalante which 20 years ago was a delightful place, a true oasis,
but on my last drive by five years ago wasn't anywhere as nice as it
used to be and now hardly worth stopping. There are a few petrified
trees there requiring a short hike.

One of my favorite things in Capitol Reef NP is the small one room
school there. Because there are few places to see in this area dealing
with the human history, such places are worth a short visit. Another
is the old Mormon "fort" ranch settlement at Pipe Spring N.M. in NW
Arizona south of Zion NP. However, for most people it would be a
choice of Zion or Pipe Spring, so Zion would be the easy winner. And
if you're near Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site near Ganado
AZ south of Canyon de Chelly NM, it is also worth a short visit. The
Burger King in Kayenta, AZ had some interesting things. They had
constructed a Navajo Hogan and I believe some other buildings outside,
they had an interesting display on the Navajo "code talkers" used by
the marines in World War II to transmit messages in Navajo that the
Japanese could not break, and also some things to do with the flora of
the region.


Thanks, George!

Marianne



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