In October, we were scheduled to go to Sicily but that wasn't possible with COVID surging. Instead, we rented another RV and toured Utah's Mighty Five and 9 other parks along the way.
Here's our itinerary:
Day 1: Pick up RV in Las Vegas. Drive to Lake Mead National Recreation Area and stay at Government Wash dispersed camping.
Day 2: Valley of Fire State Park. Stay at Atlatl Campground in the park.
Day 3: Kolob Canyon, Zion National Park. Stay at Red Ledge Campground.
Day 4: Cedar City. Cedar Breaks National Monument. Dispersed camping.
Day 5: Panguitch, Bryce National Park. Stay at North Campground.
Day 6: Bryce National Park. Stay at Escalante Cabins & RV Park.
Day 7: Hike Long Canyon in Escalante. Capitol Reef National Park. Dispersed camping.
Day 8: Goblin Valley State Park. Dispersed camping.
Day 9: Canyonlands National Park. Dispersed camping.
Day 10: Dead Horse Point State Park. Arches National Park. Stay in camping/parking lot off US 70.
Day 11: Arches National Park. Moab. Natural Bridges National Monument. Dispersed camping.
Day 12: Gooseneck's State Park. Horseshoe Bend. Kaibab Camper RV Village.
Day 13: Grand Canyon North Rim. Dispersed camping.
Day 14: Kanab. St. George. Stay at Las Vegas KOA Sam's Town.
Day 15: Return RV.
The parks were much more crowded than usual in October. Utah had advertised heavily, plus it was Fall Break for schools in Utah.
We didn't make reservations beforehand and there were just a few places we wished we had. There was no dispersed camping near Kolob Canyon and we wished we had arranged an overnight site. We also wished we had secured a site in Escalante & in Arches.
Valley of Fire & Bryce both had first-come, first-served sites. We arrived around 11 am and were able to find good sites at both. The dispersed camping were easy to find but the challenge was finding a dump station. Look on Campendium.com to help you find them.
2020 10 03
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