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Show f In late evening, the goblins play tricks Grosvenor Arch, north of Kanab, is one of the many geologic oddities in the area. More striking landscape features in the Capitol Reef area. (Continued from page 3) and the weather is good, you might consider taking a day to drive over the Boulder Mountain Road, providing you dont mind traveling on a dirt road. This trip begins by turning south toward Grover from Utah 24 which runs through Capitol Reef This drive, which can be negotiated by a passenger car during the summer months, takes you from desert country into an alpine mountain setting which features many small lakes The are several U.S. Forest Service campgrounds along the in a U S. Forest Service campground in Red Canyon, again on Highway 12, or at Kodachrome Basin State Reserve, a few miles south of Highway 12 south of Cannonvdle before reaching Bryce Canyon. KODACHROME Basin is on a good dirt road and is an area full of amazing monolith-lik- e red rock formations It has a campground with water. If you are going to Lake Powell or want to take a long way around to Zion National Park, you should continue down the dirt road south towards U S way 89 The pavement begins again at Boulder on Highway 12 The drive between Boulder and Bryce Canyon, all of it on a paved road, is one of the best southern Utah has to offer You might even stop to spend a night camping at Calf Creek, a BLM recreation site, and hike to beautiful Calf Creek Falls Highway 12 will take you to within one nule of the entrance to Bryce Canyon National Park If the campground is full there, you can The two interesting sights to see on this road are Grosvenor Arch and Cottonwood Canyon. Grosvenor Arch is named after the man who founded the National Geographic Society and Cottonwood Canyon features some strange rock formations. When you reach U S. 89, travel west toward Kanab. a tourist town with many restaurants and motels. Kanab is also a short drive away from Grand Canyon and Zion National Parks either spend the night Lake Salt 'A' The Zj II t 4 Another view of the valley shadowed by Factory Butte. |