This is the third part of our first RV trip to Utah Mighty five National parks loop. Here are the links to the previous post(Arches National Park) and the next post(Capitol Reef National Park)
April 5, 2022:
We started driving South from Moab to Canyonlands National Park and possibly because of timed entry at Arches, there was a lot of traffic before the entrance to the park. Cattle crossing and the landscape kept us occupied, but it was very very windy.
We entered the park from the north, stopped at “Island in the sky Visitor Center” and took the maps. Green river and the Colorado river divide the plateau into 3 regions in Y shape: Island in the sky on the north, The Maze on the west and The Needles on the east. We drove to Grand View Point Overlook and did a one-mile hike along the rim of the Canyon, offering spectacular views of the canyon.
We went to Green River Overlook, but it was very hazy and we saw a newly wedded couple photoshoot.
We couldn’t stop at Mesa Arch or see the other two regions and started driving back North onto Capitol Reef National Park. But it was just too windy to drive that evening, so we pulled into Shady Acres RV Park at Green River, UT for the night. This is the first time we learnt that windy conditions needed to be considered for RV driving. Although we missed a night at Fruita Campground at Capitol Reef, It turned out to be a blessing in disguise. That night my DD1 fell off the top bunk bed and her nose bled, and the very early morning, we had her checked at Green River Medical center. It felt relieved to get the assurance that she didn’t break any bones and we could continue on the trip.
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