Grand Canyon to Denver to Salt Lake City

sunfan03 wrote:

fanrgs wrote:
May be too late now to answer your question since you seem to be moving very fast. Look at the Accuweather long-term forecast for the time you may be in Arches. If it is going to be <80 degrees and you are only going to stay one night, just dry camp at Arches (although it is probably already full).

If it is going to be too warm, you can get electric sites at one of the most spectacular state parks in the nation--Dead Horse Point State Park. The views are incomparable--Grand Canyon with two big rivers instead of just one.

Incidentally, if you are not already in Denver, it would be a shame to drive all the way to I-25 on US 160 and not stop at Great Sand Dunes National Park. Your daughters are at the perfect age to climb the dunes, then slide down on cardboard or some other flat object. The NP has only dry camping, but the nearby San Luis State Park has hookups if you can manage to add another night to your schedule.

Thanks for the advice, especially about Great Sand Dunes. I was wondering if it would be a worthwhile stop. We'll try and make that happen.

Kids will love the Dunes, is a great stop ad will be the perfect time of year. So much to see in Colorado.

We should start more suggestions for the trip back to Utah. When you enter Utah on I-70 if you get off on exit 214 you can take 128 and follow the Colorado River into Moab, one great drive with some CG's along the way. Glenwood Springs and the over under I-70 is a great stop to plan on stretching your legs, and if you are able to find a CG Maroon Bells is the most photographed Rock in Colorado, with the Aspen it is the BEST in late September.

Enjoy your trip,