Wyoming Paintbrush – Native Plant of the Day 08/29/2024
Photo from 08/29/2016. Location: Arches National Park, Grand County, UT.
More photos / info at the Wyoming Paintbrush detail page.
Wyoming Paintbrush – Castilleja linariifolia
Red Dome Blanketflower – Native Plant of the Day 05/07/2024
Photo from 05/01/2019. Location: Grand County, UT
More photos / info at the Red Dome Blanketflower detail page.
Red Dome Blanketflower – Gaillardia pinnatifida
Sacred Datura – Native Plant of the Day 12/26/2023
Photo from 8/29/2016. Location: Arches National Park, Grand County, UT.
More photos / info at the Datura wrightii detail page.
Sacred Datura – Datura wrightii
Desert Prince’s Plume, a native plant, has been added to the USWildflowers’ database (11/11/2019.) Scientific name is Stanleya pinnata. Photo below was take near Moab, Grand County, UT on April 30, 2019. Go to the Desert Prince’s Plume detail page for more information and photos.
Desert Prince’s Plume – Stanleya pinnata
Sacred Datura, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (12/06/2016.) Scientific name is Datura wrightii. Photo below was taken in Moab, UT on Aug 29, 2016. Go to the Sacred Datura detail page for more information and photos.
Sacred Datura – Datura wrightii
Wyoming Paintbrush, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (11/05/2016.) Scientific name is Castilleja linariifolia. Photo below was taken in Arches National Park in Grand County, UT on Aug 29, 2016. Go to the Wyoming Paintbrush detail page for more information and photos.
Wyoming Paintbrush – Castilleja linariifolia
In the previous post, my second trip report, I covered the territory from Stillwater, Colorado outside the Rocky Mountain National Park to Moab, Utah, where we visited Canyonlands and Arches National Parks. This third report covers the three days we spent getting on into Boise to visit the family. We’d enjoyed Utah so far, and were interested to see what else it presented to us before we crossed into southern Idaho, on the homestretch to Boise.
As we traveled US191 through the middle of Utah, it was very much a desert scene.
In the previous post, I reported on the trip segment from Flintstone, GA through the Rocky Mountain National Park on our way to Boise, Idaho. We had traversed five states and part of Colorado. I’ll pick up the story as we get ready to depart Stillwater Campground on Lake Granby, Colorado, excited about heading to Moab, Utah. We begin with the 6th day of our adventure, in Stillwater, Colorado.
Trip Map Flintstone to Boise
Common Sunflower, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (09/19/2016.) Scientific name is Helianthus annuus. Photo below was taken in Ellis County, KS on Aug 24, 2016. Go to the Common Sunflower detail page for more information and photos.
Common Sunflower – Helianthus annuus
Location / Name: Cottonwood Campground, Willard Bay State Park, Perry, UT
Date: 08/30-31//2016 (2 nights)
The Cottonwood Campground, Willard Bay State Park, Perry, UT is a bit under 300 miles from Moab, so it was our next stop on our August 2016 trip to Boise. It was in the right location and had power for our air conditioning, so that became my target. I didn’t make reservations. When I checked on our last night in Moab I discovered that I couldn’t make next-day reservations, but checking the following day, 31 of 35 sites were available, so I figured a walk-up would be a safe bet. En route we decided to stay 2 nights instead of one so we’d have a chance to check out the neighborhood (40 miles north of Salt Lake City.) A check-in with our daughter, who was expecting us on Wednesday, cleared us to stay that extra day.
Sunset over Willard Bay at Willard Bay State Park