Utah is the best. Blows my mind everytime I pass through.
I highly recommend this place:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovenweep_National_Monument

It's a lost city of the Anasazi people. Not the biggest ruin (that would be
Mesa Verde - or Chaco Canyon.) But Hovenweep is away from the crowds of
trailers. It's the best kept secret.

A bit hard to get to... my tom-tom sent me down a dirt road that took us
far afield. Then the road was suddenly full of wild mustangs! All the
locals say: Don't trust GPS out there. And they're right!

Anyway, Hovenweep is right on the Utah/Colorado border. You'd get to it by
turning off the 162 at Aneth, UT. Then you're on dirt roads. The campground
at hovenweep is lovely ($12/night). Small, well organized. There's a really
great visitor's center... and they actually let visitors walk around the
ruins with dogs.

You'd get to Hovenweep after the drive through Monument valley... You could
arrive end-of-day. Might want to look into reservations. Me and my
girlfriend ere enchanted by the Anasazi ruins.
Vinnie

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote:

> OK folks, I've got two weeks to get from Portlandia to UT and back.  I
> reeeeeealy want to take the daughter to Zion's Angel's Landing and The
> Narrows, and The Wave but outside of that have no idea how to prioritize
> other than distance from Kanab and weather.  We love to hike and backpack
> but a driving tour may be best.  Have considered at tour I-15, 89, 98 and
> 191 and wondered if anyone can recommend using/not the minor ones like 12,
> 24, 72, 95, 276 and such to get around Cap Reef and Escalante.
>
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