Trip odometer: 4564
Miles traveled: 306
Our 1st stop for the day was the 4 Corners Monument. Unfortunately, we struck out. The momument was closed for construction.
Our next stop of the day was a bathroom/gas stop in Kayenta, AZ. Unfortunately, once again we struck out. The entire town was out of electricity. This was our beautiful bathroom stop. Fortunately, the road isn’t very busy and the sagebrush makes a pretty good barrier.
We had a picnic lunch and ice cream in Page, Az.
Then, we headed around the Vermillion Cliffs Monument, stopping at Navaho Bridge for a look down into Glen Canyon and the Colorado River at the bottom. The emerald green water was very inviting on a day where the temperature was 98 degrees in the shade.
William on the Navajo Bridge
looking down while standing on the bridge
We kept going up and down over Mesas. We’d be at 4,000 feet, then go up to 8,000 and then back down. So, the goal was to keep the van from overheating on the way up and the brakes from overheating on the way down. We succeeded!
We camped for the night in Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park near Kanab, UT. The camp site was very nice, with trees for climbing and providing privacy.
The kids were so excited to play on the dunes, even Jacob. They started off at a run, going down and up the small dunes with the largest dune in the area their final goal. They enjoyed rolling down the dunes, crawling up them, making sand angles, and then learned that if they jumped down the dune, they could make a “farting” sound in the sand. Everyone competed to see who could make the biggest sound. Jacob thought the dunes were so appealing, he went back in the dark for a run.
Love your bathroom stop! Nothing like all the comforts of home. Seeing the dunes takes me back to all the fun we had on the big hill in the gravel pit while we were growing up.
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