Blanding Utah

Well, we made the big move from Moab all the way to Blanding, a whopping 66.4 miles.  Actually we didn't make it to Blanding with the motorhome, stopping just north at Recapture Reservoir BLM area (37.66752 -109.44370) for one night and then moving back up the highway a bit to Devil's Canyon NFS campsite (37.73587 -109.41145) for four.  Recapture is a nice little spot with a lake and boat launch, but we were a bit uncomfortable leaving the rig unattended there while we day-tripped.  Devil's Canyon is an actual campground with a host and everything, and some very nice sites for a mere $10/night.  We also had some phone service at Devil's whereas we had no phone or internet at Recapture.

Recapture Reservoir.  Great spot if you're fishing or hanging around the campsite.  

Devil's Canyon.  Yup, that's asphalt and concrete and steel picnic table.  Pretty swank for 10 bucks.  

We made a few day trip loops from Blanding: first to the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park plus the Needles overlook area with a stop at Newspaper Rock (ancient graffiti site) along the way: 

See if you can spot:

- four and six toed feet, 

- ancient aliens, 

Santa's reindeer.  

See those people sitting way out there?  They're on a bench at the end of the path.  We talked about going out there but decided against it because WE'RE NOT INSANE.  

Yeah, it's there.  Towards the upper right.