This past February I needed to see some desert. So my husband and I packed our bags and off we flew to Las Vegas. From Vegas we drove about 3 hrs Northeast to Kanab, UT. I had found an awesome deal on a vacation rental via VRBO a few months before. I proceeded to plan the whole trip around this town I had never heard of.
Kanab is located in the middle of some pretty popular parks: Bryce Canyon to the Northeast, Lake Powell to the east, the Grand Canyon to the south, and my personal favorite Zion National Park to the west. All beautiful and worth checking out, BUT I wanted to see “the other stuff”. Kanab is also home to The Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Coral Pink Sand Dune State Park, the Belly of the Dragon Trail, a beautiful downtown, The Great Chamber and Peek A Boo Canyon, to name a few of the highlights.
According to the locals the summer months get pretty busy with tourist. My advice, go in the early spring, although you may also have great luck in the fall. We pretty much had the run of the place when we went in late February/early March. It gave us extra time and space to get a feel for the place and the people that live there. ALL of the locals we interacted with were chatty and loved telling us about their connection to the area; like the shopkeeper who’s family helped establish the town, the tour guide that has watch the land change as he’s grown, or the former radio personality turned tour guide who has found peace at an animal sanctuary.
COME EXPLORE THE MAGIC…
My advice, take a chance and check out this amazing little wonder of the west. While you’re there, take a UTV tour with ROAM (family owned and operated), got see the fur babies at Best Friends Sanctuary, treat yourself to a massage from Sioux at Sun and Moon Healing (she’s amazing personally and professionally), and eat at Houston’s in downtown (you won’t regret it).
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