Red Canyon, Dixie National Forest

How many times have we driven Utah Rt12 past this wondrous place.  We probably stopped at the visitor center, but never took any time here.  Well this time, we stopped, camped for three days at an almost full service National Forest campground (no hookups, but a shower!), with the view of the red rocks out of the front of our RV.

Did some biking on the paved bike trail that travels from the US89 intersection, through the canyon, and all the way to Bryce Canyon entrance!  Better still was two great hikes.  Both gave us some climbs of almost 1,100 feet and distances of around 4.5 miles; but the views!!! Wow.  Mark these hikes down, so when you're in the area, you must stop and hike!

The Cassidy Trail to Ledge Point.

The Golden Wall to the Castle Ridge to the Buckthorn Trail -- and this one ended at our campground.

And while we were in the area, guess who we ran into??  Smokey was taking a break from all of the forest fires this year.