The Grand Circle

      Utah...
   Colorado...
New Mexico...
   Arizona...
      Utah...
  2,600 miles.

Grand Circle, Day 1
Overnight backpack hike to Kolob Arch, Zion National Park. 15 miles r/t.

Grand Circle, Day 2
Cedar Breaks National Monument. Spectra Point, Rampart Overlook, Alpine Pond. 5 miles.

Grand Circle, Day 3
Bryce Canyon National Park. Queens Garden & Navajo Loop Trail: 2 miles. Bristlecone Loop Trail: 1 mile. Red Canyon. Pink Ledges Trail: 1 mile. Tunnel Trail: 1 mile.

Grand Circle, Day 4
Kodachrome Basin State Park. Nature Trail: 0.5 miles, Angels Palace Trail: 1 mile, Shakespeare Arch: 1 mile. Escalante State Park. Petrified Wood Trail: 1.75 miles. Took washboard Cottonwood Rd. a mile to water hazard in Escalante-Grand Staircase National Monument. Now clunking from right front end. Suspension?

Grand Circle, Day 5
Anasazi Village State Park. Boulder, UT. Hwy 12 to Torrey, UT. Hwy 24 to Capitol Reef National Park. Chimney Rock Trail: 3 miles, Hickman Bridge Trail: 2 miles. Swam in Fremont River under waterfall.

Grand Circle, Day 6
Hwy 12 to Hwy 24. Goblin Valley State Park. 1 mile. Hwy 70 Green River, UT. Green River State Park. John Wesley Powell River History Museum. Arches National Park. Campground Full. Moab, UT...knees hurt.

Grand Circle, Day 7
Moab, UT. And on day seven, Tim rested...Shower, shave, laundry, vacuumed Mystery Machine, and ordered front stabilizer kit. Parts arrive tomorrow. Mechanic will install Friday. Giving my knees a break; spending today inside--availing myself of McDonald's air conditioning and free WiFi.

Grand Circle, Day 8
Arches National Park. Delicate Arch Trail: 3 miles. Devil's Garden Trails: 4 miles. McDonald's Moab, UT.

Grand Circle, Day 9
Scenic Byway 128. Arches National Park. Windows Trails: 1.6 miles.

Grand Circle, Day 10
Mystery Machine stabilizers repaired. (New front stabilizers: $60.) Moab Museum. Dead Horse Point State Park. Canyonlands National Park (Island in the Sky). Mesa Arch: 0.5 miles. Upheaval Dome: 1 mile. Arch: 0.5 miles. Upheaval Dome: 1 mile.

Grand Circle, Day 11
La Sal Mountain Loop Road Scenic Byway. Hwy 191 South. Wilson Arch. Needles Overlook: 0.5 miles. Hwy 211 to Newspaper Rock Recreation Area. Canyonlands National Park (The Needles). Roadside Ruin: 0.5 miles. Monticello to Blanding, UT. Edge of Cedars State Park & Museum. Hwy 95 to Natural Bridges National Monument. Owachomo Bridge: 0.5 miles. Campground.

Grand Circle, Day 12
Hovenweep National Monument. Little Ruin Canyon Trail: 2 miles. Crossed into Colorado. Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Cortez, CO. Mesa Verde National Park. Cliff Palace & Balcony House tours: 1.5 miles. Took cattle guard too fast. Bump caused fuel gauge to go haywire...

Grand Circle, Day 13
Mesa Verde National Park. 2 miles. Yucca Hat National Monument. Crossed into New Mexico. Chaco Culture National Historic Park. (Chaco Canyon) 1 mile.

Grand Circle, Day 14
Chaco Culture National Historic Park. 1 mile. Aztec Ruins National Monument. 0.5 miles. New Mexico to Arizona. Fuel gauge broken. Navajo Indian Reservation. Canyon de Chelly National Park. 3 miles. Free camping.

Grand Circle, Day 15
Kayenta, AZ. Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. Navajo National Monument. 1.8 miles. Free camping. (2,000 driving miles logged)

Grand Circle, Day 16
Page, AZ. Horseshoe Bend: 1.5 miles. Powell Museum. Glen Canyon Dam tour. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Lake Powell to Rainbow Bridge National Monument. 1.5 miles.

Grand Circle, Day 17
Page, AZ. Lake Powell. Navajo & Antelope Canyons. Three failed attempts to change oil on Mystery Machine. (Stripped drain pan.) Glen Canyon Dam overlook. Hanging Garden Trail: 1.5 miles.

Grand Circle, Day 18
Upper Antelope Canyon tour, Navajo Tribal Park. 1 mile. Hanging Garden Trail: 1 mile. Morning swim in Lake Powell @ "The Chains". Humpback Whale delights pleasure craft. Page Public Library.

Grand Circle, Day 19
Hwy 89 West.Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. "The Wave" @ Coyote Buttes. 6 miles. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Toadstools Trail. 1.6 miles. Big Water, UT. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Visitor Center. Breakfast. Lee's Ferry. Hwy 89A to Jacob Lake. Grand Canyon North Rim. Bright Angel Point. 1 mile.

Grand Circle, Day 20
Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim. Transept & Nature Trail. 1 mile. Cape Final Trail. 4 miles. Widforss Trail. 10 miles.

Grand Circle, Day 21
Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim. Hwy 67, Jacob Lake. Hwy 89A. Hwy 89. Crossed into Utah. Moqui Cave. Maynard Dixon Home. Zion National Park. St. George, UT.