West of the old ghost town of Harrisburg, UT, and just inside the boundaries of the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, are the tan stucco and wire ruins of a Mexican village, complete with plaza and fountain. No, not a real Mexica village…
Quail Creek State Park and its 600-acre reservoir lies only 4.5 miles from our current RV park location. After so much desert, it’s visually refreshing to enjoy the scenic beauty of water.
Only a few miles from the RV park we’re staying at in Leeds, UT, is the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve and Recreation Area.
An easy drive from Monument Valley, Utah, through the canyon and mesa country north of the San Juan River takes you into an area when the ancestors of today’s Pueblo Indian Tribes lived. Round, square and D-shaped towers located along the canyon head mark once thriving communities.
Here’s a few photos on Meandering Passage of deep meanders of the San Juan River. The park was an unexpected find and quite impressive.
Located north of Monument Valley across the San Juan River near Mexican Hat in San Juan County, southeastern Utah, Valley of the Gods has similar rock formations as Monument Valley with tall, reddish brown mesas, buttes, towers and mushroom rocks…