I was out of town all of last week. Several months ago, a friend of mine from Illinois suggested that we re book a special trip that had been cancelled on us 2 years ago due to COVID. This trip involved day trips out and back from Kanab, Utah, in addition to a day volunteering at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Some of our destinations were familiar to me, and some were not. What a nice way to reacquaint with an old friend!
Well, the week before the trip, my friend had to drop out because of illness. I had already made arrangements, so I decided to go anyway. I like traveling in Utah, and am always open to meeting new people on my trips. Let me say up front that I am not naming the tour company because of a number of unprofessional issues that came up during the trip.
So I get there and find out that there is only 1 other traveler in addition to the guide. Needless to say, the social interactions that I was looking forward to were minimal at best. Any reputable company would have cancelled the trip at that point! All of this led to a very strange week indeed. I did get to see and do many new things, in addition to revisiting beloved locations, so all was not lost. How can you beat riding on a mule at the Grand Canyon and driving a dune buggy over tall dunes! I will be sharing my photos in the coming days with a bit of commentary.
But first, on my way over to Kanab, I stopped at the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. I was looking for a rare milkweed plant. My botany friend Matt had given me the GPS coordinates for it, so I knew just where to look. After climbing up a steep dune, I found the plant. Here it is with some views from that spot.
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