| Adventures - Southern Utah | | | | When I visit this area the adventurer in me takes me |
| Travel into Southern Utah and what you will find will | | | | to the backside of Zion's National Park a place known |
| both surprise and astound you. Here you will get | | | | as Kolob Canyon the forest service recognizes the |
| scenic views where you can see forever, see the | | | | significance of this area and protects it. When visiting |
| crushed dreams of many a pioneer, painted desert | | | | here you do have to stop and gain a permit from |
| and forested mountains with plenty of wildlife. | | | | the visitor center located at the beginning of the |
| Capitol Reef National Park is the most overlooked | | | | canyon. The advantage is that you will see some of |
| place to see Utah's painted desert it is big enough | | | | the best of Zion's. The road is dirt and less traveled |
| that you can hike off and get lost from the rest of | | | | with no developed campsites. When you travel here |
| the world. The painted desert here is absolutly | | | | you can hike about and see and feel the power of |
| beautiful. After a visit to the park you will want to go | | | | true wilderness. |
| back to the tiny town of Teasdale and head south | | | | Snow Canyon is an area of the painted desert that is |
| towards Boulder. You are now on the road of the | | | | little known to most people. National Geographic has |
| Grand Escalante Staircase. The road is narrow but | | | | written about the canyon and its unique geological |
| paved and not the hair raising adventure that it used | | | | formations. You need to hike through this area. Hiking |
| to be. | | | | through this area you will discover large underground |
| Before you meet up again with the colorful | | | | caverns, lava rock strewn about all over the place. |
| sandstone you will travel through forest with wild | | | | You will wonder what is living in the caverns see the |
| flowers and full of wild life. The views as you come | | | | delicate plant life in the area and be filled with |
| out of the forest are worth the journey. Viewing | | | | wonder. |
| hundreds of miles of painted desert from your | | | | Travel to Utah and you will discover what the |
| mountain side perch you won't believe your eyes. | | | | adventure traveler in you is seeking. Always be |
| Another option is to take I15 straight south and visit | | | | aware of your surroundings and alert of flash |
| Zion's National Park known throughout the world as | | | | flooding. The smallest of rain storms can cause a |
| one of the most beautiful places on the planet. | | | | flood with all the water running off the sandstone. |