These tall, irregular spires of rock created through erosion usually protrude upward from dry bottomland, and Bryce Canyon National Park offers the most abundant concentration of them in the U.S. Hoodoos range in stature from 6 feet to as tall as a 10-story building, but Bryce Canyon’s hoodoos are being slowly worn away by the same forces […]
The vast and rugged desert surrounding Moab is known for its starkly beautiful red-rock country and fantastic rock formations. Moab is also unique in that it has two national parks just outside city limits: Arches and Canyonlands, about 10 miles apart, and each represent different visions of what a national park can be. Arches National […]
The world knows Bryce Canyon as a vast wonderland of brilliant-colored spires, rising like sentinels into the clear blue sky above. In a previous story on Vogel Talks RVing, we introduced the wonders of Bryce National Park from a hiker’s perspective. But if hiking isn’t your thing, you can still enjoy the landscape from the […]
Five miles east of Moab in southeastern Utah, the world’s largest concentration of natural sandstone arches are preserved at Arches National Park. The arches come in all sizes, ranging from an opening of only 3 feet to the 306-foot span of Landscape Arch, one of the largest in North America. Arches National Park is a […]
When it comes to standing in awe of nature’s magnificence, it’s hard to beat the Grand Circle Tour—especially the northern arc that carves across southern Utah and encompasses Zion National Park at the western edge and Arches National Park to the east. In between are the natural wonders of Cedar Breaks National Monument, Bryce Canyon […]
One of the most iconic and enduring landmarks of the American Wild West, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park has isolated sandstone mesas, buttes, and a sandy desert that has been photographed and filmed countless times. Monument Valley boasts crimson mesas, surreal sandstone towers which range in height from 400 to 1,000 feet. Made of de […]
Mormon pioneer Ebenezer Bryce who ranched in the area described the canyon that bears his name as “a hell of a place to lose a cow”. But the rest of the world knows the canyon as a vast wonderland of brilliant-colored spires, rising like sentinels into the clear sky above. An immigrant from Scotland, Ebenezer […]
To Americans, there’s nothing that holds more appeal than the classic road trip. In the ’20s, the car was a symbol of freedom—a chance to escape your small town or rural America. As the highway system was developed in the ’50s and ’60s, a wave of young people set out on the road to explore the […]
It’s all about the mystical view. That is, the view of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, on the northern outskirts of the Navajo Nation. Experience Monument Valley as you’ve never seen before. The View Campground offers some of the most spectacular views of Monument Valley. Opened in December 2008, The View Hotel is a Navajo owned […]
If Time can pick a Person of the Year and Good Housekeeping can put its seal of approval all over everything, I figured that it was time to designate a few things of my own. I begin with five of America’s most historic places/natural wonders. Grand Canyon National Park John Muir saw the Grand Canyon […]