Leaving on the epic (and by that I hope completely boring) drive back to Montana. Where the Interstate was closed by wildfires already. Photos by me and the Dailylife Wife.
It is all up hill and previously covered from Clarkdale to Flagstaff…my phone was not wanting to take photos. Eventual I got that fixed. It is mostly downhill from Flagstaff northwards on US89. If we followed US89 all the way north it would run within three blocks of our house. Assuming the roads are all open, between snow and fires.
There are some really bouncey roads down here! But they do believe in passing lanes. For about half the way to Page it seemed like was a mile of passing lane and then a mile of two lane and then a mile of passing for the other side. Sweet! From Page on it slowing decreased in frequency and length. But the did still happen all the way to St. George.
About 20 miles from Page you go up a large hill through the red rocks.
Off to the side is the Vermillion Cliffs. The other road to Kanab runs along the base. That is the route to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon…and they should get the snow plowed within the next two months to open it. Great Views and lots of Indian craft tables.
Not sure what happened but iot is an interesting photo.
Here is the cleft carved in the top of the rocks.
We filled up at the Maverick Store in page. Well, the truck did. 200+ miles and it was just under a quarter tank (a 38 gallon tank topped off before we left). A third or a bit more was in the first 50 miles driving up to Flagstaff. Much better on the downhill drive from Flagstaff. 8.6MPG! $98.55! The Dailylife Wife’s little green skateboard still shows a 280 mile range at day’s end after coming all the way from Clarkdale, some 350 miles already.
The bridge beside the Glen Canyon Dam, which as usual you can’t see much of from the bridge…
Leaving Arizona for Utah!
Nearing Kanab.
Between the wind and traffic we didn’t take any photos from Kanab on. Covered during our last return two years ago anyway…and it was snowing then, vs 89F!
Tomorrow: uphill 40 miles to the Cedar City Love’s Truck Stop (10 cents off a gallon!) and on to Brigham City. It is suppose to only be 70F in Salt Lake City. We’ll see!
~Curtis now in Utah again! {!-{>
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