Utah, Colorado 2014 Summary

In the spring of 2014 we explored all the national parks of southern Utah and then in early summer when it got too hot we moved on to exploring some of the cooler mountain regions of Colorado.

I think this was our best trip so far.

Click here for the first post of the trip

The map below marks the major places we visited. If you click on a red marker you will get a link to the first post for that area. If you zoom out you can see our other trips as well.

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Or you can click on a link below to be taken to the first post for each destination

1. Albuquerque
2. Zion National Park
3. Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
4. Capital Reef National Park
5. Bryce Canyon National Park
6. The Wave and Grand Canyon
7. Page Arizona
8. Bluff Utah
9. Mesa Verde National Park
10. Ouray, Colorado
11. Colorado National Monument
12. Gunnison, Colorado
13. Buena Vista, Colorado
14. Colorado Springs, Colorado
15. Rocky Mountain National Park

Favourite Days

While almost everyday of the trip was great and I encourage you to look at them all, these are the ones I consider the most memorable.

If you click on the picture you will be taken the post for the day

The Wave	Antelope Canyon	The Zion Narrows
Peekaboo Trail at Bryce Canyon NP	Chimney Canyon at Capital Reef NP	Hot Air Balloons in Gunnison
Mesa Verde NP	Devil's Garden in Arches NP	Monument Valley
Jeeping near Ouray	Lost Canyon Road	Maroon Bells
Gem lake in RMNP	Pikes Peak	Emerald Lake in RMNP

Statistics

5 months or 151 days since we left home (Mar 21 – Aug 18).

Together with other years that makes 691 days we have stayed in the RV.

27000 pictures saved (who know how many taken, at least double). It seems I posted over 6000 to the blog.

My DSLR camera is actually worn out. The shutter release button no longer works reliably. I figure it has taken somewhere in the neighbourhood of 300,000 pictures.

Distances

1. 360 km hiking
2. 9000 km on the RV
3. 14000 km on the CRV just in day trips.

Money

I didn’t keep track of the money. We stayed in full hookup campgrounds the entire time which are more expensive. I always wanted to be able to run the air conditioners. We usually paid in the range of $30-$40 a night. The only expensive extras we paid for were the Jeep rental, the Antelope Canyon tour and the Lake Powell Boat cruise.