Capital Reef, Kodachrome Basin & Escalante

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The first 9 pictures are from Utah Bicentennial Highway (95) between Blanding, UT, and Hanksville, UT. One of the most beautiful drives in the world. The highway crosses part of the Glen Canyon Natl Recreation Park. I was stunned.

Below is a fabulous video of Hwy 95, less than 2 minutes.

Below Capital Reef Natl Park (near Torrey,Ut)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a99ioa2tszw

Above You Tube 8K video Capital Reef Natl Park 2:20

Kodachrome Basin State Park Hwy 12

Sandstone Pipe, For some reason Carol is developing an interest in Geology.

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Traveling Scenic Hwy Utah 12.Having visited Bryce and Zion in the past our goal was to find some out of the way places in Utah. Places we missed on our first trip years ago. We drove the loop below in one day. Touching on Escalate and the edge of Bryce canyon,

Entering Escalante

Civil engineers constructed massive road cuts throughout Utah.

Mark, always at the ready.

Below: This hog back road can be dangerous.

Carol’s video below shows this dangerous road.

https://youtu.be/kMXz4HmNuBc

Slide to left: A very lucky fellow’s car is being loaded onto a tow truck. This landscape can be distracting and thus dangerous. He went off the road in the one place he would survive the mistake.

Here’s a link to someones 9 day journey through this area, its great. https://engineertoexplore.com/utah-scenic-byway-12-road-trip/