"Utah, rocks and canyons" a Utah Travel Page by vtveen

Utah - or better southern Utah - was the second part of our own ‘Grand Circle’: a 16 days road trip which started in Phoenix, went through Arizona and Utah and ended again in Phoenix. The more or less ‘official’ Grand Circle is a 1,400 mile circle encompassing the Four Corner states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah with the National Parks of Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches and Canyonlands.
Beside these National Parks we also visited some State Parks and other monuments and destinations.

The Utah part of our ‘Grand Circle’ started in Monument Valley - just on the border of Arizona and Utah and we made a loop along Moab, Torrey, the Scenic Byway 12, Springdale, Kanab to Page, where we came back in Arizona.

The scenery and landscapes were just stunning and also varied with every day other highlights and landscapes. We highly recommend visiting also the ‘smaller’ and more unknown parks and sites. Sometimes they are even more scenic and at least you will see fewer tourists. Sometimes it was amazing just being together the two of us in one of these breathtaking landscapes.

We travelled the second half of June and the weather was excellent. The part of Utah we visited mostly lies on a rather high altitude and temperatures were not absolutely bearable (between 80° and 90°F).
Staying, eating and travelling (June 2008) was for us - with the strong Euro - rather cheap.
The Americans we met, were very helpful and friendly. We only disliked the mandatory ‘tip’ - for foreigners - on a couple of our restaurant bills.

We enjoyed the rocks and canyons of Utah very much and are looking forward to a next trip to the USA.
For tips/pictures of the Arizona part of our 'Grand Circle' please take a look at my Arizona page.