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I get the ORV pass every year to surf-fish in the spring and fall. The 6 big advantages to Assateague compared to other local beaches are...
Glad you made it up. Well done! Sorry about the parking lot, didn’t think of that. Enjoy the rest of the week in Seattle, it’s gonna be hot.
Red Rock Canyon is close and pretty cool. Sloan Canyon is someplace I didn’t have enough time to go to back in May when I was there. Death Valley really isn’t that far and worth it even if you only see the stuff on the eastern half. Well worth it imo.
thanks GB. I go to Vegas nearly every year and this will be the least Vegas-esque Vegas trip I will ever do.
I make all of my vegas trips non vegas-esque. We always rent a car. I always do at least two day hikes. This past trip I didnt play any table games at all. Just sports betting. We go to total wine and stock up on local beer and carry our own in when we sit in the book. Bally's is the only I have seen with a posted sign about not carrying in.
Seems doable to me. I wouldnt worry about driving at night. There aren't really any/many "backroads" there, so pretty much all of the roads you travel will be "major highways" and are easily navigable with GPS.
These are very cool. I used the post card versions you mentioned and frame them as a gift for my Dad in the parks we have hiked/camped in.
You may or may not lose an hour due to time change, too, when you drive from Page to Moab. When I drove from Flagstaff to Moab in June, we lost an hour. But I know AZ does some different things with their time, so maybe they are the same time as UT this time of year?
Dead Horse Point State Park was suggested to us when we in Moab, but we weren't there long and only did Arches. It looks like a short detour from Canyonlands so you might want to consider including it.
Thanks for the feedback. I booked tours in Page AZ for late Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday for Antelope Canyon. I can cancel a few days ahead of time if necessary, but these tours sell out even in Feb.
Thank you - this is just the kind of info I'm looking for. I will also look into Dead Horse State Park. Seems like I could spend months doing the tour I'm doing.
Thanks for the bump of that post. It reminded me to order an Acadia postcard since we didn't know about these when went there in 2013.
Did you apply for the lottery permit for The Wave? Its a longshot, but might as well try since you're there. You have a better shot of getting it by being solo.
Yeah, AZ doesn't do DST, but Navajo Nation does, so you can bounce back and forth between MST and MDT depending on the time of year. Right now I think UT and all of AZ should be on Mountain Standard time. It's from March to November that things get wacky. (Page is just outside the Navajo region so no DST there)
These are definitely cool.
I have a bunch of those up in my classroom. Some of my students will notice new ones that go up once I visit a new park and they will ask me about them, which is a smart way for them to get me off task.
Thanks for the update!
That one is horseshoe bend near page AZ. The place where some people are doing one legged selfies from the edge while I'm lying down crawling to the edge for my pic.
Thanks man. Yes that is balanced rock. For my first night pics, it was a super easy location to get to. As a result, there were occasional cars that went by lighting up the rock incl the pic on Flickr . I did bring a flashlight that resulted in worse pics.
Honestly, the car headlights hitting the rocks looks great IMO. You can still easily see the starts but you get the rocks highlighted as well.
Saw this comment and just wanted to add for anyone who might stumble on this conversation...
Fantastic pics - so jealousBrony said:
1-2 days max at the falls. All of the tours are decent. Canadian side is better. The shuttle bus system is very convenient. If you want to ride bikes, go to Niagra On The Lake (Canada). It's a really nice little town and they have self-guided wine tours by bike (if you're into that sort of thing).
Thanks. Since only 1 of the 5 of us currently have a passport, I'm not sure I'm up for paying for 4 passports for this trip with no other use for them on the horizon so we'd likely skip the Canada side.1-2 days max at the falls. All of the tours are decent. Canadian side is better. The shuttle bus system is very convenient. If you want to ride bikes, go to Niagra On The Lake (Canada). It's a really nice little town and they have self-guided wine tours by bike (if you're into that sort of thing).
In Buffalo, Anchor Bar is the home of the original Buffalo Wing and the Lake Effect Diner was on DDD's and is awesome. Pretty much have to get a beef on weck from somewhere while you're there. There used to be a whole thread on it at one time.
Enjoy!
I was probably around 10 years old when I went. I remember the whirlpool by there being worth checking out too. There's a cable car that goes over it.
I did not get to the Needles part of Canyonlands... just stuck to Island in the Sky section. I wanted to hit Mesa Arch in particular and given the amount of driving I was already doing, hitting Needles was gonna be a bit much. I did get a strong recommendation to do Corona Arch which is off the Potash road, but I was running out of time and that is a strenuous hike (my left leg was cashed by the end of the week) Guess I gotta go back(!)Apple Jack said:
Are the bugs bad right on the beach or just on the inland side of the dunes?I get the ORV pass every year to surf-fish in the spring and fall. The 6 big advantages to Assateague compared to other local beaches are...
If none of these things appeal to you, Assateague probably isnt for you. The camping isnt that great (hot, sandy, windy, bugs) and the ponies get old pretty quick.
- You can have a whole huge section of beach to yourself (anyone who frequents the NJ or DelMarVa beaches knows how rare this is).
- You can surf wherever you want.
- You can surf-fish wherever you want.
- You can drink beer
- You can have your dog on the beach.
- You can have beach fires.
The bugs can be anywhere. Really depends more on the wind. High winds off the ocean and you wont see any. Light breeze from the inland side with high humidity and it could be bad (mainly in the evenings). I've heard they're much worse in the summer (I only go in Spring and Fall), but October is a great time to go. Best month of the year for surf-fishing.
