Karen and Tom Wanderings

With some nasty weather moving in, we said our farewell to Moab (for now) and pointed the car towards home.

With much anticipation, we headed out on the last stretch of road to Moab ... the hub of outdoor fun in Utah.

With the winter storm having moved off to Colorado (where it dumped a couple of feet of snow on Denver), we aimed the car towards Moab, excited to cover some new territory.

We dropped down out of Bryce Canyon, through a couple of (very) small towns, and found our self in the not-quite-as-small town of Escalante, the action hub of the huge (~3000 sq mi) Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument.

We departed Death Valley, and planned about 5 days to get to Moab, with a shopping list of things to check out. 

A couple of hours' drive from Tonopah, and we dropped down into Death Valley.  Stark, but beautiful.  And BIG (the biggest National Park in the lower 48). 

Ahhh! It's been a long winter, but we're finally hitting the road again.