Odometer: 53,140Time: 08:00Before we leave we ask the person at the motel for the most scenic route to the Canyonlands National Park. He suggest to take the road just next to the motel to the right and follow it all the way over the Abajo Mountain. We follow his suggestion and once more are fascinated…...

Odometer: 52,890Time: 08:00First stop is the gas station with coffee shop next door. We sit in the sun and have a coffee before driving 35 miles back on HWY 24 to visit the upper part of Capitol Reef National Park. The official scenic road ends after about 10 miles but a small and very rough…...

Odometer: 52,526Time: about 09:30We are starting off towards Moab, but there are a few parks and sites that we want to visit on our way.HWY 15 north again and then HWY 9. This time we take the regular route through Zion. The Park is nice but not overwhelming. We don’t really know what exactly it…...

Odometer: 52,370Time: about 09:00The weather is partly cloudy and it’s quite uncertain in which direction it will turn, if it will get better or worse.We don’t know if we will come back to St. George or move on, so we pack our car and take all our belongings with us.HWY 15 north then towards Hurricane…...

Odometer: 52,237Time: about 10:00The weather is still lousy, but we want to move on and do something. So, we take Scenic Route 143 from Panguitch to Cedar City. It leads up and up, higher and higher into the mountains, first through green farming land with little rivers flowing through meadows with grassing cows, then we pass Panguitch…...

Odometer: 52,086Time: 08:00 (Utah time)Right now the sun is shining, but the weather forecast predicts rain and possible thunderstorms in the afternoon. For us, this means, out of the bed and off to Bryce Canyon as soon as possible! Just a few miles north of Kanab we see a sign for the “Coral Pink Sand Dunes…...

Odometer: 51,795Time: 09:30Getting ready to leave Page. We have stayed there long enough and have seen everything and driven every gravel road we wanted - time to move on!We are heading towards the Grand Canyon North Rim. It’s only about 2 hours driving. We are driving along the Vermillion Cliffs, beautifully red and white colored…...

Odometer: 51,750Time: 10:00It’s Sunday, we are getting up late and take it easy before leaving the motel for our planned walk. There are a few scattered clouds on the sky and the temperatures are forecasted to about 78 Fahrenheit (25 Celsius).Once more we start from Warm Creek Road, but this time by foot down Wiregrass Canyon.…...

Odometer, 51,645Time: 08:15The weather has improved again and Marco is feeling better (he had kind of a flu the last couple days) so we hit the (gravel) road again.Starting in Big Water with Warm Creek Road we just continue straight ahead staying on this road without turning left or right. We pass all the intersections…...