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Canyonlands

It's getting hard to find an Internet connection out here in the wilderness! We promise that we'll still try to update whenever we get a chance.

Tuesday night, we stayed in Canyonlands National Park at the Squaw Flat campground. (Thanks for the suggestion, MB!) The site was full, but we just parked at the trailhead thinking that since we are completely self contained in the van, we are not using any park resources and that would be OK. In the morning, however, we got a visit from a park ranger who scolded us. Her logic on why why shouldn't have parked there wasn't very sound, but she had a Taser so we coughed up the $15 camp fee and went on our way. Lesson learned.



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Wednesday night we stayed in Fishlake National Forest. I have a video from the location where we stayed, but you're going to have to wait for it. The video upload keeps failing and we have much to see! Today we are headed through Capitol Reef NP and then on down to Bryce NP.

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  1. YAY! Love the video!!!
    Sorry about the $15 :(
    Watch out for Rt. 12!!!
    xooxoxo,
    mb

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  2. Disappointing that you had 4 ft. of snow and 15 degree weather at the N.P. M.B. and girls are coming for a short visit Fri./Sat. Then they're off to Hendersonville on Sunday for a few days. The Canyonlands video was BEAUTIFUL.
    Warm hugs - O O O O!!!
    Mom & Dad

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  3. @mb - Route 12 was very cool! We managed to stay on the road, too.

    @Mom and Dad - Thanks for the hugs. They helped - - and so did the hotel room. :)

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