My hubby and I are going to the Grand Canyon, Southern Utah and Colorado. Any suggestions on sights to see an

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and things to do. I love to hike, he doesn't though. I would love to do some biking, he's not interested though. Thanks!

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If you can possib ly go to Mesa Verde National Park, it is fabulous. See site below.

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When are you doing all of this ? The reason that I ask is that most of this trip will be between 5000-9000 above sea level and at this time of the year it starts to get cold up there.
Starting at Grand Canyon Airport - GCN - The great circle routing should look something like this:
GCN>Kayenta AZ>Cortez CO >Mexican Hat UT> Moab UT > Hanksville UT> Torrey UT >Escalante UT>Mt Carmel Jct UT> Hurricane UT > Colorado City AZ> Lee's Ferry AZ > GCN
If you look at a map you'll see that it's just a really cool routing thru some amazing places.I personally have driven all of it on many occasions and in all seasons. I highly recommend that you do it in that counter clockwise direction.
As far as the suggestion of visiting Sedona goes ; If you're driving up from Phoenix it's probably worth the detour just because the switch -backs on 89A are kind of cool to do. -especially in snow.
If your driving over from Las Vegas I don't think that Sedona is worth the 100+ mile detour..
I have no idea what you will do with your husband .Maybe rent a Mustang GT Convertible so he can get off on hauling ashes down the roads of his dreams.Just don't screw up bc sometimes the nearest hospital is well over 100 miles away and in many parts of this great circle, cell phones won't work
Some of the National Parks you will visiting have some good day hikes among them are Mesa Verde, Arches, Capitol Reef & Zion .Grand Canyon however does not.
Another option from Zion NP rather than returning to GCN is to head over to Death Valley NP
Enter it as simply Hurricane UT>Stove Pipe Wells CA
Have fun

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Go to www.lightninrv.com and then click on "Rentals"; once there, scroll down the menu on the left and click on "Special Events Calendar"...this is a good place to start.

Now, we're an Atlanta, Georgia RV Dealer, and I'm in our RV Rental Department, but I have customers going all over the country and we have a lot of great travel information here...and quite a bit covering the areas you mention.

While going through the Calendar, don't look at it just for the time period you pick...look at the entire year, as the locations I have listed, are great just about all year long and there are several for the area you're going into.

When you finish with the Calendar, scroll down and take a look at "Travel Links". Once there, you'll find some great fun ones like "The Wackiest Tourist Attractions" and the "Largest Roadside Attractions" in the U.S. You will also find some very helpful ones as well...MapQuest, but also a national D.O.T. site to check out road & weather conditions nationwide; at "Mile by Mile Guide" you can check-out what's at every exit on every freeway in America...so if you want to put all your gas purchases on your BP credit card, it will tell you where you will find all the BP's. And, there are several more helpful links as well.

My favorite area is the Four-Corners area...Cortez, Durango and Pagosa Springs areas...absolutely breathtaking...and you can hike, mountain bike, check out all the falls or just crash & burn. Make sure you check out the link on the Calendar for the Durango Train to Silverton...what a trip! And, if you take it, enjoy a cold brew at the still working 1870's saloon just down the street from the train station.

Have a great trip!

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I'm also wondering when you're going to do all this since winter is coming and you like to hike and bike. If you'll be in Colorado soon, you can still hike here now. I think that one of the best places to hike here and see lots of nice scenery is Rocky Mountain National Park. I'm giving you a link to information about many of the hiking trails you'll find there. Have fun on your trip :-).

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West rim is a vacationer seize on an indian reservation. they have the sky stroll element and are closer to vegas so various day excursions circulate there. The perspectives are actually not as stable. South Rim is a factor of Grand Canyon national Park. that's the ideal perspectives of the canyon. it would be ideal in case you ought to spend a pair of days interior the park. stay in between the historic resorts interior the park or between the hotel exterior the park front. Watch the daybreak and sundown over the canyon, spend it sluggish hiking down into the canyon, circulate on a mule journey, take it sluggish to take excitement in the park. determine to resign at Hoover Dam on your way.

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Go to Williams AZ, and ride the grand canyon railroad. Much fun. Williams has Route 66 running through the main drag, has a hotel where you spend the night, meals included, have a wild west show prior to boarding the train. Train is steam locomotive, have sky cars to view, and stops right at the canyon. We did it and had such a great time.

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bryce canyon and zion national parks are amazingly beautiful and convenient if you're going to be going to the grand canyon. they're in southern utah.

also, there's a cute little town called kanab in southern utah, too which is called "little hollywood" because they used to shoot a lot of westerns there. it's a nice place to stay and a nice half way point between the utah parks and arizona.

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While in AZ, you gotta stop by Sedona! The Red Rocks are beautiful. There are a lot of outdoor activities to do there and cool little shops :)

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You can see those area pictures in bayareavisit.com for picture slideshow. The national parks there are best.