"Head West young man"

 I believe it was Horace Greely, a publisher in the 1800's, who made that statement to encourage westward settlement.  No plans to settle "out west" but will be departing soon on our westward journey. If you followed along last fall you will recall it was all about the "low country". The land of majestic live oaks, Spanish moss and sand beaches. This little sojourn will have none of that, except it will have sand. We anticipate being road warriors for about 7 weeks so somewhat shorter than last fall. Dang doctor's visits and prescription refills get in the way.

 It might be useful for you to research the difference between "national park" and "national monument". I have as I  was curious, I will let you do your own research. The reason being is that our travels will take us to 13 national parks/monuments. In order of visitation they are as follows: Grand Canyon, Vermillion Cliffs, Zion, Cedar Breaks, Bryce Canyon, Grand Staircase Escalante, Capitol Reef, Arches, Canyon Lands, Natural Bridges, Hovenweep, Canyon of the Ancients and last but not least Mesa Verde. To be sure time does not allow a complete and thorough examination of all the things to see and do. Consider it the Cliff notes tour if you will. We spent part of a day at the Grand Canyon some years ago, the rest will be all "new to us". Along the way we hope to show you some interesting sights that are not national parks/monuments.


 This picture courtesy of Google Earth will show our basic path.

 The numbers represent our planned (so far) overnight camping locations. Not real comfortable using the term "camping". Stopping, overnight stays, roughing it smoothly locations as Tiffin calls it probably more accurate, Departure planned for Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on prescription being filled and weather pattern approaching. Next entry later in week from somewhere down the road.