Quiet Back Roads

We have modified out itinery, so that we can move more gently, so our next target is to arrive at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon by Friday, so we are going to travel North West up route 24 to Koorsharem, then take the backroad, route 22, south back to Bryce Canyon. This road is not so spectacular, but is also less well travelled and also almost without an steep grades (better petrol consumption). It winds to the West of Boulder Mountain and gives some interesting volcanic scenery, we also passed many homesteads, as this valley has water! And appears quite fertile. It was interesting to see the history laid out for us. Each homestead seemed to have an abandoned ancient log cabin, then a more modern house built alongside. The farms were quite small, probably reflecting the right to homesteading that was encouraged in the 1800’s. (640 acres), It is also highly likely that these were the families of the original Mormon Pioneers. We had shopped in Loa and picked up petrol, so we were well stocked up when we pulled in to Otter Lake State Park Campground, where we were able to take our pick of lakeside camp sites, we had a gentle walk to the lake side and watched the cormorants, grebe/divers, coots, ducks, gulls and a couple of pelican swimming around.