Day 23

In my last report I mentioned having clutch problems, well those problems turned our planned 3 day, 2 night stay in Las Vegas into a 6 day, 5 night stay.  Clearly there is worse places to get stranded with mechanical problems so I'll count ourselves fortunate even though the lost days will affect our planned route from here.

After getting the bike back from the Ridenow dealership on Boulder highway late Friday night we were more than ready to hit the road Saturday morning.  We opted for an early departure to try to get out from under some of the forecasted 111 degree high.

With our final night in Vegas behind us we left the lights of the strip behind us.

And headed for the open road. Not sure there is a better feeling than a clear sky and open highway in front of you.

Heading North out of Vegas on I-15 we briefly passed through Arizona before entering Utah.  It felt like we were trying to make up for lost time as the flow on I-15 was a steady 80mph.

I might have expected this in Vegas but Utah?

Once off I-15 the scenery started to ramp up, this was near Hurricane Utah on the way to Zion National Park.

Waiting at a roadside stop while some large RV's came through a tunnel in Zion.

I had considered upgrading our camera after the Eagles photo earlier in the trip and this one pretty much confirms I'm shopping for a longer zoom point and shoot when we get home.  There was at least seven mountain goats sitting up on the ledge.

Some of the scenery between Zion N.P. and Bryce Canyon.

Things start to get seriously cool looking as you approach Bryce canyon.

Running out of captions so I'll just include some more scenery.

Some Bryce Canyon wildlife.

Char at the far end of Bryce Canyon at the Rainbow Point lookout.

A view from Rainbow Point.

This was called the Natural Bridge, oddly enough found at the Natural Bridge lookout.

This one was taken at the Bryce Point lookout.

Char and I at the Bryce Point lookout.

One more from Bryce Point.

After being completely blown away by the scenery at Bryce Canyon it was off to our hotel in Escalante Utah.

Mileage covered today was 565.7 km, combined with 44 km of local riding in Vegas brings our trip total to 6472 km.