Day #5: Blanding UT. to Richfield Ut.
From Blanding we high tailed it out into the desert. In the desert we found Natural Bridges National Park, so we stopped in to check it out. It was a nice one to see with the bikes, because it was a 9 mile loop that we could stop and see what we wanted. We new we had a big day ahead of us so we stopped a few times then took off.
Continuing on we came to Lake Powell which was set in the canyons. We stopped to take a look and met a family vacationing from Germany. They were very friendly and gave us great information about visiting Bryce Canyon.
The scenery here was again different than before, now the mountains changed from sandy colored stone to red and back to sandy. This portion of the trip was hot again.
We rode through Capital Reef but didn't have time to stop. As we exited Capital Reef it looked like Rain in the direction that we were about to travel. So we stopped for a few minutes which was enough time to let the rain pass. We then entered the Dixie National Forest at Boulder UT. This area was beautiful mountains, filled with Aspen trees. We even encountered a few roaming cattle along the way. The exit from Boulder ended us up in the white rolling canyons, the heat was high and the pictures panoramic. Deffinately this Route 12 was among the best we had ridden on.
We entered the Bryce Canyon Area and entered the park. We followed the suggestions from Claus, whom we had met earlier and he was exactly right that view from Inspiration Point was fantastic. Bryce is different from the rest, it has many little components, much like stelagtites, accept they are much larger and made of sandstone.
From Bryce we headed into Richfield which turned out to be another 140+ miles. We got to Richfield and got settled. Again this was a nice route up scenic Highway 89. Today was a great mix of desert and mountains. We saw features like; Chiminey Rock, Cheese Box Butte, Jacob's Chair, and others along the way. Anoter great day on the trip. -matt-
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