Just Another Once-in-a-Lifetime Trip

Wednesday, June 2 for Tuesday, May 18, 2021 We  are home in North Carolina as I write this. I did start the entry while still "on the road," but ran into too many difficulties with transferring photos and Internet connections that I gave up until we returned to good connections and I could add a screen to view photos. Although we were not limiting ourselves to the five major National Parks in Utah, we were interested in The Mighty Five, as they are called. (They are Arches, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands and Zion.) We started out this Tuesday by heading to Capitol Reefs. As with most Parks, there was a considerable drive to get to the entrance, and that way in was also scenic. If you are able to expand out this picture of an information board, you will see how the Park got its name. Lots of driving ... many different formations, colors and textures to see. Effective or not, this picture was to show some perspective, with the road included. The picture at the top of t

Friday, May 21 for Monday, May 17, 2021 Monday, May 17, 2021 was odd. We had stayed overnight in a old-style motel with outside entrances and more-or-less limited amenities. It was called Butch Cassidy's Hideout, and for those of us of an age, we know who Butch Cassidy was. He was from the town of Circleville, Utah (other towns claim him, including Hatch and Panguitch, in that same area. There was a little cafe open in the morning, right next door to the motel and connected to it. We hoped to get dinner there the night before, but they were closed, either because it was Sunday or too late on Sunday when we arrived. We got there fairly early, we thought, for breakfast, but all tables were taken. A man, long gray hair, beard, invited us to join him, since he had a table for four and was alone. We ended up having a very nice conversation, talking about the area, travel, stories and books on travel. He left a few minutes before we were done, and when we left, we found out he had paid f