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Category: National Park
Sunday, October 13 and Monday, October 14, 2019 We arrived at our campsite around noon on the Saturday of a Columbus Day holiday weekend. The half hour traffic jam at the entrance gate should have told us something about how busy the park was. After setting up camp, we drove over to the Visitor Center. … Continue reading Grand Canyon National Park – Visitor Center
Sunday, October 13, 2019 Tusayan Arizona is the last town before the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park when driving north from Williams on AZ-64. One of Tusayan's attractions is the Grand Canyon Visitor Center. This is not one of the Grand Canyon National Park's Visitor Centers operated by the National Park Service (NPS). … Continue reading Tusayan Grand Canyon Visitor Center
Monday, October 7, 2019 From Stovepipe Wells, we took CA-190 west to Scotty's Castle Road. On Scotty's Castle Road, we headed north toward Scotty's Castle. Scotty's Castle has been closed since major flooding occurred in 2015. Scotty's Castle is currently scheduled to reopen for visitors in 2020. Before the turn at CA-267, the road Scotty's … Continue reading Death Valley National Park – Ubehebe Crater, Grapevine And Mesquite Spring
Monday, October 7, 2019 Mesquite Flats is best done early morning, well before the heat of the day. This is, apparently, an area of Death Valley that gets unnaturally hot. The highs this week in October were in the nineties (Fahrenheit). Some visitors found the afternoon highs uncomfortably hot. More importantly, the parking lot fills … Continue reading Death Valley National Park – Mesquite Flats Sand Dunes