From: theise@panix.com   
      
   On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:23 -0600,   
     sticks  wrote:   
   >  On 2/20/2025 7:12 AM, George.Anthony wrote:   
   > > sticks  wrote:   
   > >> OK, Bill.  Let's get something going.   
   > >>   
   > >> Planning on going west middle of April or thereabouts.  What   
   > >> I'm interested in is places you've stayed at and liked in   
   > >> Utah.   
      
      
   > < you could spend a month in Utah visiting the Mighty Five   
   > > national parks and the state parks. I can’t help much with   
   > > flat spot camp grounds or hiking trails. I have limited   
   > > mobility so I am limited to mostly “glamping”.  I have been to   
   > > all fifty states and driven and camped in all of the lower   
   > > forty-eight and a few Canadian provinces, eh. If you want   
   > > specifics about a particular place I may be able to help.   
   >   
   >  That is the area we're going as soon as I get well enough from   
   >  the shoulder replacement.  Been there before, but not in the   
   >  RV.  Stayed n hotels or resorts.  What I don't want is those   
   >  campgrounds where you're all packed in like sardines.  But I   
   >  also am a little leery about parking the thing out in the   
   >  middle of nowhere seeing as there are so many weirdos walking   
   >  around the country with nothing better to do than fuck with   
   >  people.   
      
   We spent a couple of weeks in southern Utah last March, the sights   
   were awesome.  Most of our camping was in commercial CGs--they   
   mostly were not full, but by April they might be.  One exception   
   was Kodachrome Basin State Park.  Sites were reasonably spaced,   
   though none were remote.  They have electric and water, no sewer   
   hookups at sites.  One downside is it's a good bit from the   
   nearest highway (maybe 10-15 minutes?).   
      
   One of the things we really enjoyed was Red Cliffs Lodge.  We had   
   a table at a north facing window and got a glorious extended view   
   of the cliffs lighting up with reflection of the sunset.   
   Amazing.  And there's a fascinating museum in the basement, with   
   memorabilia from the movies filmed in the Moab to Monument Valley   
   area.  Over a hundred.   
      
   One day we took a drive up the river past the lodge, then looped   
   back and went east into Castle Valley and then up through the La   
   Sal mountains.  It was gorgeous, though a bit nerve wracking.   
   There was still a lot of snow--the road was mostly plowed but   
   there were narrow places where my fear of heights really kicked   
   in.   
      
   --   
   Ted Heise             West Lafayette, IN, USA   
      
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