Daniel A Posted September 17, 2020 #101 Share Posted September 17, 2020 12 hours ago, clo said: But likely smoke now. I read that DC is getting West Coast smoke 😞 Western fire smoke is now in Boston. It blocks the sunrises and sunsets making the daylight shorter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted September 17, 2020 #102 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Daniel A said: Western fire smoke is now in Boston. It blocks the sunrises and sunsets making the daylight shorter. I just saw a headline that smoke has now reached Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susiesan Posted September 18, 2020 #103 Share Posted September 18, 2020 On 9/16/2020 at 10:49 AM, ORV said: Just to rub it in my calendar popped up a notice today that I have a 5am flight to Vancouver tomorrow. Yeah, that ain't happening. Was headed out on a TP to Honolulu. I was supposed to be in Namibia now on a safari. I just put together a last minute trip in Arizona for October. I used AA miles to fly to Phoenix, we will rent a car and drive to National Parks and monuments for 9 days incl. 3 nights at n AirBnb in Sedona. We will spend the days hiking, walking, communing with nature. There's plenty of award seat availability on planes and loads of open hotel rooms to book, although no discounts. The usual hordes of Chinese tourists won't be at the GC so that should be pleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted September 18, 2020 #104 Share Posted September 18, 2020 23 minutes ago, susiesan said: I just put together a last minute trip in Arizona for October Are AZ national parks open? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted September 18, 2020 #105 Share Posted September 18, 2020 34 minutes ago, clo said: Are AZ national parks open? yes....and there are dozens of open spaces like Monument valley Lake Powell, Zion, Bryce, Capitol reef..Escalante just waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted September 18, 2020 #106 Share Posted September 18, 2020 16 minutes ago, Hawaiidan said: yes....and there are dozens of open spaces like Monument valley Lake Powell, Zion, Bryce, Capitol reef..Escalante just waiting Thanks. Maybe a winter rv trip for us. I'll have to check who gets snow and who doesn't 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susiesan Posted September 18, 2020 #107 Share Posted September 18, 2020 11 hours ago, clo said: Are AZ national parks open? They have been open all along, some with limited service. We were able to book into a Bright Angel cabin for the 1 night at GCNP. A lot of the dining options at the GC are closed so we may bring our own picnic food. Monument Valley is still closed off, you cannot go there now. Most of the parks HawaiiDan mentioned are in Utah not Arizona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted September 18, 2020 #108 Share Posted September 18, 2020 30 minutes ago, susiesan said: They have been open all along, some with limited service. We were able to book into a Bright Angel cabin for the 1 night at GCNP. A lot of the dining options at the GC are closed so we may bring our own picnic food. Monument Valley is still closed off, you cannot go there now. Most of the parks HawaiiDan mentioned are in Utah not Arizona. That's good. All the national parks in CA are now closed due to fire danger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted September 18, 2020 #109 Share Posted September 18, 2020 18 hours ago, clo said: Thanks. Maybe a winter rv trip for us. I'll have to check who gets snow and who doesn't 🙂 All of the Colorado plateau gets snow from late to mid November and freezing nights in the rest... However to get there you have to go through St George/cedar city or Flagstaff There will be heavy traffic near Thanksgiving I would suspect When I was in Moab earlier they told me Arches and Canyon lands are now busy every month except Jan No more slow season Right now is a great time with all the fires to get out Good luck.....Looks like Oceania, if the follow Carnival's lead will not start cruising till after Easter next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted September 18, 2020 #110 Share Posted September 18, 2020 56 minutes ago, Hawaiidan said: All of the Colorado plateau gets snow from late to mid November and freezing nights in the rest... However to get there you have to go through St George/cedar city or Flagstaff There will be heavy traffic near Thanksgiving I would suspect When I was in Moab earlier they told me Arches and Canyon lands are now busy every month except Jan No more slow season Right now is a great time with all the fires to get out Good luck.....Looks like Oceania, if the follow Carnival's lead will not start cruising till after Easter next year Freezing temps are fine but we're unwilling to head into snowy roads in the RV. I'm thinking after the first of the year. We'll likely head back to PNW in the next couple of months. Thanks again for the info and advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted September 19, 2020 #111 Share Posted September 19, 2020 On 9/18/2020 at 7:03 AM, susiesan said: They have been open all along, some with limited service. We were able to book into a Bright Angel cabin for the 1 night at GCNP. A lot of the dining options at the GC are closed so we may bring our own picnic food. Monument Valley is still closed off, you cannot go there now. Most of the parks HawaiiDan mentioned are in Utah not Arizona. A point....They can not close off Monument valley entirely . A darn hiway runs through it. Oh, Gouldings and the Tribal center may be closed... ( high Ovid susceptibility with the Navajo) is the reason. However with an RV you can camp all over BLM land... Drive the famed Mokie Dugway, Take in hundreds of miles of scenery for free. Services in Kayenta and Mexican Hat too.... You can see 75% of monument valley from the car..or RV the drive to Moab which is open and all the vastness of Canyon lands. Arches.. Lots of people just pull over and camp for the night 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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