Coral Sands RV Park
Bluff, Utah
Yesterday we left Page, AZ and drove through Monument Valley to Bluff, Utah.
We were lucky to have a clear, cool day. I kept expecting John Wayne to come riding across the valley on his faithful steed.
Bluff is a very small town that was settled in 1880 by Mormon settlers. It's hard to imagine traveling in wagons across this canyon landscape with no roads or GPS.
The museum in town was not very large, but it was very well done. These horses and the cow were for children to practice their riding and roping skills.
The town is not very large because it is sandwiched between the river bed and the canyon walls.
Twin Rocks
Instead of a wooden Indian, this business had a carved wooden prisoner. No doubt this is a reminder of the many Mormons imprisoned for polygamy.
Today we wanted to explore Natural Bridges Natural Monument but there wasn't a direct route from Bluff. We decided to take the short cut and drive up Moki Dugway. A dugway is a trail carved into the canyon wall to provide a path for wagons. The up-hill wheels traveled in deep ruts that had been carved in the stone to prevent the wagons from sliding down the slope. Fortunately the trail had been improved in recent years.
At Natural Bridges we were hiking towards one the the stone formations when the sole and heel came off one my shoes. I'm normally not the most coordinated person, but climbing over the rocks with only one complete shoe was rather difficult. At least I had an excuse for not going on that 20 mile hike.
We live that area but soles or not there is no way we'd do that hike.
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