SLATCHBOLD SOJURN 2005:: to the desert!

LEG 1:: Las Vegas

LEG 2:: Grand Canyon

LEG 3:: Painted Desert

LEG 4:: Monument Valley

... http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/monument_valley/index.html

1 day to drive though:: route 163, visitors center at Goulding

Valley Drive:: 17 miles of dirt road leading to Totem Pole Rock, many eroded rocks, this area also has many ancient cave and cliff dwellings, natural arches and petroglyphs.

LEG 5:: Valley of the Gods

... green tortoise camps here

LEG 6:: Canyon Lands

... http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/canyonlands/national_park.html

LEG 7:: Arches

... http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/arches/national_park.html

LEG 8:: Bryce

... http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/bryce_canyon/national_park.html

Kodachrome Basin:: http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/kodachrome_basin/state_park.html

LEG 9:: Zion

... http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/zion/national_park.html

LEG 10:: Las Vegas pt2

GENERAL

national parks guide:: http://www.americansouthwest.net

Utah driving distances:: http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/driving_distances.html

misc links:: http://www.americansouthwest.net/categories.html

car prices:: hertz said approx $750 for 9 days. Only included 100 miles per day. For 200 extra miles per day = $450 extra (25c per mile)