Inspiring travel stories, tips, and guides from a couple exploring the world one destination at a time.
Snow at Bryce Canyon, or any National Park has always been a dream come true to see, but it’s usually impractical. Motorhomes, even though ours weighs over 40,000 pounds, don’t do well in the snow without dumping the tag axle or putting on chains. The Jeep however does great. We’ve never worried since we could just stay a few extra days until the snow melts or buy motorhome chains.
Kanab, Utah was about an hour and a half drive from Page, Arizona. We’ve been in the area before, but never spent much time exploring it. Kanab is a Paiute word meaning “place of the willows”.
Gouldings is a favorite stop when passing through the area. This is our third visit. The Navajo Nation still had Monument Valley closed because of COVID.
Arches and Canyonlands National Parks are a favorite because of the striking canyons, arches, monoliths, spires, fins and balanced rocks, primarily composed of Entrada Sandstone. A winter storm left about an inch of snow, making for some scenic photography, even though Arches was closed by the National Park Service the day after it snowed. Luckily Canyonlands was still open. The drive from Dolores, Colorado was scenic.
Last Updated: May 28, 2026
From Idaho we headed south through Nevada to visit Great Basin National Park — one of the most remote and least-visited national parks in the lower 48 — before swinging east to Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah and then south to Las Vegas for a week of rest and family.
Last Updated: May 24, 2026
From Bryce Canyon we headed to Zion National Park in southwestern Utah. We stayed at Bauers Canyon RV Park in Glendale, about a 30-minute drive from the Zion entrance along the Mount Carmel Highway. Nights still dropped to freezing, so we were glad to have our heated water hose.
