Off We Go In Nine Days

September 15th, 2008 at 03:18pm Len

On Sept 25 we fly out of Detroit for Denver. From Denver we board the California Zephyr and ride the rails thru the Rockies to Grand Junction Utah. We then start a circle that will take us thru several National Parks in and around Moab Utah. In the morning we are off to Monument Valley, where many of the old John Wayne Westerns were filmed, we also visit a few other parks in the area befor arriving at Torret Utah for the night. Day six we visit Bryce Canyon, we will spend two nights in Mount Carmel Utah, the next day we tour Zion National Park. Next we will be off to The Grand Canyon for two days,the last day we rid aboard the Grand Canyon Railway. Day ten we board another train, the Verde Canyon Railroad which will take us to Winslow Arizona for the night. The following morning we board the Southwes Chief which will take us to Trinidad Arizona for the night. From there we board a motor coach for the ride back to Denver to fly home.
I think I will need a vacation when we get home. I have always wanted to see these places and Mary was watching a show on the Travel Chanel about train trips and we went from there and fornd this trip. The days are full we just were sent hour by hour plans for the days and some of them we must check out by 6;00 AM. I am sure Mary will be sending out a hilight slide show when we return.

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