Heading West

Four weeks of car camping and hiking in May/June. Our plan is (has to be) flexible. Two destinations: Santa Fe/Bandelier NM and Sunset Crater Vulcano/Wupatki NM are no longer viable due to big wildfires (Cerro Pelado NM and Tunnel AZ).

Planned itinerary

 

1	IL-MO	Cahokia Mounds  SP-Bennett Spring SP
2	TX	Palo Duro SP
3	TX	Palo Duro SP
4	NM	?      Santa Fe
5	NM	?      Bandelier NM
6	NM	?      Bandelier NM    Rio De Las Vacas
7	NM	Chaco Culture NHP
8	NM	Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness
9	NM	Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness
10	AZ	Petrified Forest NP
11	AZ	Petrified Forest NP
12	AZ-UT	?      Sunset Crater Volcano
13	UT	?      Wupatki NM
14	UT	Road to Paria Canyon
15	UT	Wire Pass trailhead (start 5-day hike)
16	UT	Paria Canyon
17	UT-AZ	Paria Canyon
18	AZ	Paria Canyon
19	AZ	Lees Ferry-Marble Canyon (hike end)
20	UT	Cottonwood Canyon Rd Wilderness
21	UT	Burr Trail Rd-Capitol Reef NP
22	UT	Notom Rd-Horseshoe Canyon Wilderness
23	UT	San Rafael Rd Wilderness
24	UT	Canyonlands NP The Needles
25	UT	Canyonlands NP The Needles
26	UT-CO	Canyonlands NP-Colorado NM
27	NE	Pawnee SRA
28	IL	Chicago