The last couple of days we relaxed and got things ready for another day of travelling. Today we left Camp Verde at 8:00 am (yup, we finally left when we said we were going to) and headed north towards Zion National Park in Utah. The countryside is ever changing with the sameness of the plains, the beauty of the rugged red cliffs, coral colored sand dunes and canyons. We are so blessed that we have been able to see this incredible scenery and are looking forward to exploring the Zion National Park. The highlight of our day was when we took the scenic byway to Virgin, Utah and found out that we would have to drive through 2 tunnels, one we could get through easily, the other, park rangers had to stop on coming traffic so we could drive down the middle of the mile long tunnel. This tunnel is 13′1″ high in the middle (our trailer is 12′ 10″ high), runs down hill and we had to navigate curves while in it. The rest of the highway was narrow with hairpin curves and steep drop offs. When we reached our desitination, Zion River Resort, Carol had to pry her fingers off the door rest and thanked her lucky stars that Bryan was driving.












We went through those same tunnels many years ago with our motor home (just a little shorter than the one we have now). At the time we went through, there was no one on duty to stop traffic (if I remember right, it was because it was off season or something like that). We didn’t run into anyone coming towards us (literally and figuratively), but we were sure puckered up in anticipation of doing so!
Have a safe trip!
By: Wally on April 5, 2009
at 9:11 pm