{"id":43953,"date":"2026-03-21T21:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=43953"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:30:59","slug":"21-mar-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=43953","title":{"rendered":"21 Mar 26!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leaving on the epic (and by that I hope completely boring) drive back to Montana. \u00a0Where the Interstate was closed by wildfires already. \u00a0Photos by me and the Dailylife Wife.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43954\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032101-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032101-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032101-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032101-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032101.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is all up hill and previously covered from Clarkdale to Flagstaff\u2026my phone was not wanting to take photos. \u00a0Eventual I got that fixed. \u00a0It is mostly downhill from Flagstaff northwards on US89. \u00a0If we followed US89 all the way north it would run within three blocks of our house. \u00a0Assuming the roads are all open, between snow and fires.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032102.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43955\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032102-600x340.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032102-600x340.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032102-300x170.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032102-768x435.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032102.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are some really bouncey roads down here! \u00a0 But they do believe in passing lanes. \u00a0For about half the way to Page \u00a0it 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. \u00a0Sweet! \u00a0From Page on it slowing decreased in frequency and length. \u00a0But the did still happen all the way to St. George.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032103.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43956\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032103-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032103-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032103-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032103-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032103.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>About 20 miles from Page you go up a large hill through the red rocks.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032104.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43957\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032104-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032104-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032104-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032104-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032104.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Off to the side is the Vermillion Cliffs. \u00a0The other road to Kanab runs along the base. \u00a0That is the route to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon\u2026and they should get the snow plowed within the next two months to open it. \u00a0Great Views and lots of Indian craft tables.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032105.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032105-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032105-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032105-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032105-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032105.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not sure what happened but iot is an interesting photo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032106.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43959\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032106-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032106-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032106-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032106-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032106.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the cleft carved in the top of the rocks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032107.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032107-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032107-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032107-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032107-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032107.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032108.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43961\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032108-600x343.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032108-600x343.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032108-300x171.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032108-768x438.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032108.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We filled up at the Maverick Store in page. \u00a0Well, the truck did. \u00a0200+ miles and it was just under a quarter tank (a 38 gallon tank topped off before we left). \u00a0A third or a bit more was in the first 50 miles driving up to Flagstaff. \u00a0Much better on the downhill drive from Flagstaff. \u00a08.6MPG! \u00a0$98.55! \u00a0The Dailylife Wife\u2019s little green skateboard still shows a 280 mile range at day\u2019s end after coming all the way from Clarkdale, some 350 miles already.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge beside the Glen Canyon Dam, which as usual you can\u2019t see much of from the bridge&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43962\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032109-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032109-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032109-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032109-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032109.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leaving Arizona for Utah!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032110.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43963\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032110-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032110-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032110-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032110-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032110.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nearing Kanab.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43964\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032111-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032111-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032111-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032111-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26032111.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Between the wind and traffic we didn\u2019t take any photos from Kanab on. \u00a0Covered during our last return two years ago anyway\u2026and it was snowing then, vs 89F!<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow: uphill 40 miles to the Cedar City Love\u2019s Truck Stop (10 cents off a gallon!) and on to Brigham City. \u00a0It is suppose to only be 70F in Salt Lake City. \u00a0We\u2019ll see!<\/p>\n<p>~Curtis now in Utah again! {!-{&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaving on the epic (and by that I hope completely boring) drive back to Montana. \u00a0Where the Interstate was closed by wildfires already. \u00a0Photos by me and the Dailylife 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