Kanab, UT to Bontito Nat'l Forest Svc Campgroung

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Today we head to Bonito Nat'l Forest Svc Campground 14 miles north of Flagstaff, AZ via Marble Canyon in northern AZ.

As I mentioned in the previous post, Kanab, UT is only 3 miles from the AZ border.  We drove the 89A route for the views. Marble Canyon and its bridges were stunning.

We are at Marble Canyon. The Colorado River cut this beautiful canyon which is north of the Grand Canyon not far from where highways 89A and 89 intersect.

 Look at the reflections in this canyon. It makes it look like the Colorado River is still. No it is deep.  If you looked straight down from the bridge we were standing on, you could see the water was flowing quickly.

The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.  This picture doesn't show the color in the cliffs very well because of the distance. So stunning. This picture was taken from the bridge at Marble Canyon Visitors Center.

There are actually 2 bridges crossing the mighty Colorado River here. Above is the bridge for cars, trucks etc.  Below is the pedestrian bridge. They look very similiar. Tic took most of the pictures from the pedestrian bridge.  

This is the Visitors Center. See our trusty little RV. It made it all the way to Alaska and back without any problems!

Bonito NFS Campground about 14 miles north of Flagstaff, AZ. We got one of the prime spots because of the shade. Today is it supposed to be 87 so we are glad for the shade! After all this park is at approximately 6600 ft elevation.

I spoke too quickly earlier.  As we lowered the jacks to level at our site here, the left rear hydraulic jack started leaking hydraulic fluid. Guess the seal gave out. We brought the slide in and raised the jacks and spent the day like that. Thank the Lord it happened on our last night out. AND that our site was fairly level.

 Above and below are views from our yard! We spent the late afternoon and evening sitting outside in the shade.

Tic had fun "shooting" the squirrels and birds we could see. I've picked my favorite pictures of the different animals.

It was pleasant sitting outside in the shade.

Tomorrow we head to our winter home of Desert Gardens, in Florence, AZ.