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we're on the road again we left
a sky ranch hotel about a little over an
hour ago
um and yeah we're we're ready for our
next destination
we actually for the first hour was going
through the mountains
and that was a pretty um fun drive
actually
like i mean i'm driving so because i
can't do windy roads if i'm the
passenger so when i'm driving it i
actually kind of enjoy
those roads because it's a little bit
different it's not just like a straight
shot where i tend to kind of like then
start to fall asleep
so i actually don't mind driving those
roads
and at a certain point there was a
scenic overlook
and we stopped at it it was
underwhelming yes i don't think it's
worth this thought
yeah they have like a native american
market there because we saw uh people
setting up like booths and stuff we're
wondering what it was but when we were
going out instead of
a native american market so if you're
interested in those goods you can get
them there but it's
in between sedona and flagstaff uh we go
through the mountain as candy said and
we're
going through forests and stuff so that
was very pretty but
the actual scenic overlook was so
underwhelming
but the good thing is there's a bathroom
there so which looks like they just
recently renovated it so today we
are on our way to capitol reef and on
the way
is bird trail road which i've been
wanting to do
and uh it's supposed to be really scenic
views
with like these switchbacks that you can
see of the road from up above
hopefully we'll find it i mean everybody
says bird trail road so
just like hoping like as we go on this
road we'll actually see you so today
we're staying at uh red sands hotel
which is really close to capitol reef
national park because we're gonna check
out capitol reef tomorrow
and capitol reef is not as popular
as the other national parks in utah
because there's the
mighty five is what they call it in utah
they have uh zion national park which
we've done
they have rice canyon and i decided to
skip this one because it didn't look
it looked cool but not as cool as the
other ones to me
and then they have a capitol reef which
we're going to they have
arches which we're going to and then the
last one is canyonlands national park
so i think before the canyon the lands
was more rugged
and it wasn't really our style because
you can actually take canyonlands
to arches and like this really cool road
but it's all
dirt very ragged i think our car is
equipped for that
yeah i watched this one guys youtube
video and it looks
terrifying to me because you're going on
these dirt roads
on these switchbacks really high up and
i'm like i don't know if
we could do this i'm actually pretty
excited to go to capitol reef because
it doesn't get that much recognition and
so it's kind of like a
i don't know i feel like i'm going to be
surprised when i see it because i do
see bryce canyon a lot in photos or on
social media yeah and i never see
capital actually when i think of the new
capital reef i'm like are we going to
the ocean like are we going to go see
coral reefs i don't know why that
pops in my head but of course i know
that's what we're going to go to
so yeah i like that we're doing
something a little bit more
um but i think it's
underrated
from what i saw and from the videos i
viewed
i mean it looked a little underrated to
me i kind of like wonder like why
more people don't talk about this place
or go to this place i guess we'll find
out why we'll find out yeah
they also have a point there i think
it's called a panorama
viewpoint but they're supposed to have
the best penta
views for um nighttime viewing
the sky so i'm hoping to take the
photographs there at night
if we make it if we're not too tired
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we're in utah now uh candy drove
most of the way through arizona from
sedona
and now i'm taking over until it becomes
a little windy on the road because
andy's not gonna be able to handle it
so she's taking a little nap the views
have been
really gorgeous like outrageously
gorgeous like i thought you know
my drive was cool from florida to
california but this drive
that we're doing now in arizona and
utah is just amazing we just stopped by
paige arizona
where we have been before we actually
went to horseshoe ben
and anthony canyon uh with our
girlfriends
a few years ago and had a really great
time so it was kind of nostalgic to pass
by that town again
and we stopped by for some lunch a
little early lunch
it's a 11 17. there's like some fast
food places like mcdonald's taco bell
sonic there's also a big walmart so if
you need to stock up some things you can
go there
but yeah we've got about uh four more
hours until we help
hit bird trail road which is supposed to
start around boulder
utah um but yeah i'm just gonna
stay quiet so candy could sleep and
enjoy the views
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so this is a nice rust area stop it's
called
jingle creek rest area the views are
really nice here too
nice area for pets to walk
which they're doing right there
we're about two and a half hours away
from bird trail
road we've been stopping by
rest stops and gas stations whenever we
see one
just in case we uh need to go before
we hit bird trail because i'm not sure
what the restroom situation is like
around that area
so there's lots of cycles yeah what's up
with that it's like a big
like cycle there's a car in front of us
that says
caution bicycles ahead i mean
it must be like some something must be
going on like or it's just like a
road that cyclists go on and challenge
themselves i don't know
and because like glacier national park
was like that there's like a lot of
cyclists it's just like something they
want to do
i get scared when i come across them
because i don't want to you know because
yeah it's a two-way here so that's
that's why it scares me
because it's really really slim yeah
and you're like you know in the
mountains and you're swerving
like 70 miles per hour in some areas so
it's like a
little scary to have like bikes out here
without they don't have their own
designated lane so that's why it's kind
of
i know i think um once it gets really
windy candy and i will switch again
yes switch candy's been trying to take a
nap
but she's been in and out because her
husband bobby or i've been playing like
loud music
so well you know like i i was thinking
before this trip like should i bring a
neck pillow
and you know what i should have followed
my instincts and brought it
oh well because you know those neck
pills you only think about it for
flights
but yeah it actually does come in handy
on long um road trips they do
so that's an essential bring a
travel pillow that's one thing i did not
bring and i should have kyle's turn
these tunnels are cool i said it was
like what created a 1925 or something
he said something like that there was
like a little sign that we kind of
stopped over so we could
look at this cool tunnel wow
pretty neat i like how there was two of
them
yeah there's two because like if you
missed the first one i'm like oh we
missed it
and then we came to the second like no
we're falling over
i guess when they opened up bryce canyon
they had this little opening ceremony
and then like something about
they had these kids dressed up there's
like fairies going through there so then
they
they basically call it like when you go
into bryce canyon
it's imagine you're going into a magical
place or something like that or
something like there's a meeting behind
it
very cool it's very nice that they did
something like that
yeah so now we're in the bryce canyon
area it's a very red
yeah super red i said it's from the
limestone
or something like that you notice that
when you drive into
bryce canyon now you're like oh this is
bryce canyon for sure
yeah you can definitely tell and the the
rigid ridge marks that it has
and kind of like the cone-shaped rocks
that they have that's
pretty much what bryce canyon rocks are
known for too or
what i've seen in pictures at least
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so
we just passed through the town of
escalante
and uh filled out some filled up on some
gas there
and also used the restroom again because
now we're
an hour away from the bird trail road um
the startup trail road so just wanted
again
get you know our bathroom break in and
just to make sure
we'll have enough gas and don't run out
of gas
yeah surprisingly no one's been wearing
a mask
in this area i mean we still wear ours
but yeah i walked in the convenience
store or the gas station store and
no one around us wearing a mask so i'm
like okay that's interesting
yeah i guess like the more we go on this
road trip the further we go
uh into utah especially it's
you see less and less people wearing
masks which is a huge difference from
california
you know because in even parts of
arizona too
because it's just so mandatory to wear
masks and
you're used to people seeing or you're
used to seeing people wearing masks all
the time
and then you come here and like they're
little towns but still it's like when
you don't see
people wearing masks anymore like
they're not wearing a pie dog
this is kind of weird
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okay so we're on bird trail road now
um but i'm just like a little bit
confused
on how far we go on par trail
before we make that um left or right
towards tory
where our hotel is so we're kind of just
like scoping it out right now
it did say dirt road for like 75 miles
what or it said dirt road 75 miles i
don't know if that means like dirt road
in 75 miles
or it's like an hour 65 miles i have no
idea what
it is i don't know we might just like if
nothing happens
i don't know i might just go towards the
hotel and a quarter mile
turn left okay let me keep on making us
go left
towards the towers uh torrey
but i kind of want to see what else is
on bird trail yeah
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i guess we'll turn around let's turn
around and go back that way maybe i
didn't
do the right research you know because i
saw that
people were taking pictures of bird
trail road
um from up above somewhere and
i don't know exactly where that's at so
maybe it's not bird trail road per se
that we have to actually be on
you know but i'm not 100 sure
so if anybody knows please let us know
hey mr cow oh it's a cute one
hey hi i'm gonna get out
oh you guys looking back at us
uh um don't know if it's going to come
towards us oh like well
if another car comes it's all right so
we're back on utah highway 12
and we were going down bird trail road
for a little bit
but then we were getting unsure of where
we were going or if
we should even go further because google
mask had about taken us
towards the left and then there was like
these dirt roads
but then if we go straight it looked
like there was nothing and then we kept
on saying signs i was like it's
dangerous or not dangerous but they're
like just if you have trailers we
recommend you not go on this route so
and it's getting dark well it looks
gloomy right now like it's about to rain
and you know in two hours it'll probably
get dark
so we decided to turn around and just go
back on the highway towards uh
the hotel yeah and we're like you know
what we should just ask the hotel
and see what they say um i mean because
if we really wanted to do it we're only
45 minutes away yeah from that starting
point
um but then i don't know how long it
takes to get to whatever
we're looking for in this like specific
spot
yeah so better be safe than sorry
we're almost uh at our hotel only four
minutes away
but it looks like we're in the middle of
nowhere so
all of a sudden this town is supposed to
appear like where is this town
yeah i feel like there's nothing out
here kind of hungry
a little tired yeah i'm actually
really tired you're really tired yeah i
think it's hitting me now
oh yeah i think we're both really tired
right now
in a quarter mile turn left onto utah 24
west
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there's the gas station okay okay now
we're starting to see some things but
yeah i was
getting a little worried for a little
bit there yeah
cavalry is that way tori is this way
here it is
red sands hotel yay we have a great view
there's
cows in the back your destination is on
the left
there's grass coming we just made it
into
uh torrey utah which is right by capitol
reef national park
and we're staying at the red sands hotel
so far first impressions this place was
really great uh customer service was
uh top notch and there's candy right
behind me
which is already resting yeah i'm pretty
tired yeah we're both pretty tired
we are on the first floor in room 112
we're at the very
end by the restaurant and on the back of
the hotel we saw
a nice view with some cliffs or rocks
that you could see in the distance
this view you don't get much you should
get the parking lot view
but i just noticed some cows there's
some cows out there
i think there's cows in the back too
pulled in
so they have cows everywhere around here
it seems like
um yeah i'm i'm pretty excited to stay
here
just uh ordered a burger at this place
called the capital burger
candy got a mushroom burger so it's not
all beef i got a
bacon burger i love beef it's just it's
hard on my stomach so i don't want to
risk
sitting in the bathroom all night yeah
but this place has like five star
yelp reviews and it's right down the
road from our hotel
so i thought it would be a good place to
check out and
you know feed my uh hungry tummy
they're really friendly too yeah the
area's so cute it is really cute
i like this little area it's nice
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