From: theise@panix.com   
      
   On Thu, 8 May 2025 15:44:38 -0500,   
     sticks  wrote:   
   >  On 5/8/2025 8:35 AM, Ted Heise wrote:   
   > > On Sat, 3 May 2025 17:04:46 -0500,   
   > >    sticks  wrote:   
   > >>   We stayed the first part of the Utah trip in the town of   
   > >>   Cannonville, UT at an RJourney park...   
      
   > > I'm curious if you intentionally passed on camping at   
   > > Kodachrome St Park?  It is maybe close to 30 minutes beyond   
   > > the highway, so that could sure be a factor.   
   >   
   >  Funny you mention that.  Our next hiking day was to Kodachrome.   
   >  We checked out all the camping spots there that day.  We didn't   
   >  look into it when we were deciding where to stay, but one of   
   >  the controlling factors for us was access to water.  We were in   
   >  early April, and lots of places just did not have it turned on   
   >  yet.  None that were in Colorado near the border did until May   
   >  1.  We saw the RJourney place, liked the looks of it, fees were   
   >  good, and they had heated water lines.  I didn't have a heated   
   >  hose with, so for the first two nights we just used the tank.   
   >  It warmed up after that enough I could stay hooked up.   
   >   
   >  Trying not to spoil my report, I will say that we were   
   >  completely impressed with not only this state park, but their   
   >  camping spots looked fantastic.  Yeah, some were a little close   
   >  to the thru drive, but they all had plenty of room, apart from   
   >  each other, and most had shade of some sort.  It looked like a   
   >  real good place to stay if you could get reservations.  I got a   
   >  feeling the sites that take reservations must fill up in a   
   >  hurry.  The place had lots of people there when we looked at it   
   >  in early April.   
      
   We stayed at Kodachrome in mid March last year, and the place was   
   quite a lot less than half full.  The dates were Mar 16-19, so   
   even over a weekend.  Like you said, most of the spots there are   
   nicely separated from others.  Water was on then, though we did   
   have our hose freeze one night.   
      
   At any rate, I highly recommend that place, though it sounds like   
   you had a good place as well.  Definitely being not so far off the   
   highway is a plus for getting to other things.   
      
      
   > > I'm a little jealous of your visit to the Escalante Grand   
   > > Staircase.  That's very much on my list, but we didn't have   
   > > time to see much of it when we were there a year ago.  We did   
   > > get distant views from Bryce and Kodachrome, but distant.   
   > >   
   > > Thanks for the reports and the pics!   
   >   
   >  We went back to the Staircase in the next day report coming for   
   >  more off-roading.  The route we took I would have to say that   
   >  if you could only do one drive out there, this one would be it.   
   >  A little bit of everything, and an all day affair.  I don't   
   >  think you could do this one in the Acadia, but I was shocked at   
   >  times to see how far people got in with cars and even people   
   >  pulling campers.  I thought of Bill many times on the trip when   
   >  I would see boondockers.  I got a feeling some of them had to   
   >  be towed out.   
      
   Good to know.  We tried the "road" to Grosvenor Arch in the   
   Acadia, and got maybe 3/4 of the way there before I chickened out   
   and turned back.  The car did pretty well, but there were narrow   
   hill stretches that could have been a problem if we'd encountered   
   any oncoming traffic,  What finally stopped me was a pretty wet,   
   muddy stretch that looked high risk for getting stuck--especially   
   if we'd had to stop for anything.   
      
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   Ted Heise             West Lafayette, IN, USA   
      
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