[See also Part 1 -- Canyonlands N.P.]
Here's the overview map of my whole southern Utah trip route:
After saying goodbye to Stew my next destination was going to be somewhere to the west, either the Horseshoe Canyon section of Canyonlands (for amazing pictographs) or on to Capitol Reef National Park.
But first I wanted to spend a night indoors, with a shower and TV, have a restaurant meal. So I headed north and then west to Green River and got a room in Motel 6.
Stew had told me of a cool old place, a restuarant/bar that's very popular, and I found it: Ray's Tavern.
I like their slogan: "The place for EVERYONE"
These pics are off TripAdvisor's page, not mine.
I had a cheeseburger and fries. It was a cool place with a lot of character...and I bet there are a lot of characters, too, at times.
Recommended.
The next day there were thundershowers in the forecast (and it was mostly overcast), and the long dirt road to horseshoe canyon is not recommended when wet...so I decided to skip it this trip and continue on to Capitol Reef N.P., heading for the main campground at Fruita, which is paved so not hazardous when wet.
It did shower as I was driving to Fruita, not sure if any dirt became impassable...
The map below shows where I drove and camped on this section of my southern Utah trip
I was glad to find that a late-morning arrival at the Capitol Reef Fruita campground was not too late to score a campsite -- and a good one at the edge of a section, backed by one of the orchards. I ended up spending 3 nights there, but paid for one day at a time as I wasn't sure how long I'd want to hang around there... Camp 6.
Here's the overview map of my whole southern Utah trip route:
After saying goodbye to Stew my next destination was going to be somewhere to the west, either the Horseshoe Canyon section of Canyonlands (for amazing pictographs) or on to Capitol Reef National Park.
But first I wanted to spend a night indoors, with a shower and TV, have a restaurant meal. So I headed north and then west to Green River and got a room in Motel 6.
Stew had told me of a cool old place, a restuarant/bar that's very popular, and I found it: Ray's Tavern.
I like their slogan: "The place for EVERYONE"
These pics are off TripAdvisor's page, not mine.
I had a cheeseburger and fries. It was a cool place with a lot of character...and I bet there are a lot of characters, too, at times.
Recommended.
The next day there were thundershowers in the forecast (and it was mostly overcast), and the long dirt road to horseshoe canyon is not recommended when wet...so I decided to skip it this trip and continue on to Capitol Reef N.P., heading for the main campground at Fruita, which is paved so not hazardous when wet.
It did shower as I was driving to Fruita, not sure if any dirt became impassable...
The map below shows where I drove and camped on this section of my southern Utah trip
I was glad to find that a late-morning arrival at the Capitol Reef Fruita campground was not too late to score a campsite -- and a good one at the edge of a section, backed by one of the orchards. I ended up spending 3 nights there, but paid for one day at a time as I wasn't sure how long I'd want to hang around there... Camp 6.