Highway 12 and SNOW!

Our route to Arches got modified thanks to my dad and God. Watching the weather is always important when you are traveling but even more so when driving a 36' motorhome pulling a F-150 behind you!  The first snow for Utah was being predicted for our travel day but dad had said "you have to drive Highway 12, it's one of the most beautiful roads in the country"... so we left at the crack of dawn (that's 8am for me!) to try to beat the storm and still get to see Highway 12...IT WAS WORTH IT!

Funny thing about the recommendation from my dad saying how amazing the road was going to be was that at the same time my mom was saying "oh no, that's the one with the huge drop offs and 12 percent grade, you don't want to do that!" Both were right as you'll see in the video below:

Driving thru Capitol Reef National Park on 12 the views were just spectacular! The colors of the mountains that changed from red to yellow to green to gray was just an amazing display of God's artistry!

More video of the epic drive!

As you can tell from the progression of the photos the clouds and winds were catching up to us. Gusts up to 50 miles an hour were predicted and it sure felt like it at times.

We pressed on thru the winds (that is blowing sand on the right) and didn't stop as planned so we could make it to Moab before the snow flew (yup, Paladin pool that's another missed stop!). We did get there in time but burr...baby it's cold outside!

We woke to find snow on the ground but at least the travel day was behind us. The weather still looks cold but no more snow so we can enjoy Arches National Park now!