Day 28, March 30, 2023, Thursday. Kanab, UT (83 miles)

We departed St. George, elevation 2,700 feet, on a partly cloudy morning and headed east for about an hour and a half drive to Kanab, elevation 5,000.  About 45 minutes into the trip I found myself driving in a snowstorm. It was the first time I had ever driven in snow.  The snow/ice began to stick to the windshield everywhere that the windshield wipers did not touch. Fortunately, the snow did not accumulate on the road. After a while the snow stopped.  Then the accumulation on the windshield began to break apart.  The ice that formed above the wipers’ reach then began to quickly slide down blocking my view momentarily. We arrived in Kanab and checked into J&J RV Park (FHU).  It was cold! Too cold for our two rooftop heat pumps to function. I hooked up the electric only as temps expected in the 20's meant I wanted to keep my water equipment in the coach. Fortunately we have propane heat or we would be looking for a hotel. We went to the town visitor center and got lots of info for the area which has many national and state parks/monuments. And so we began our planning for the area.

Day 29, March 31, 2023, Friday. Kanab, UT 

Low temp last night was 23 but the extra blankets kept us warm. We took the coach to fill up our propane as we do not want to run out in this environment.  Today we had reservations for a tour of Antelope Lower Canyon which was a 90 minute drive away. Our tour group of 10 with our guide, Ben B., spent about 70 minutes in the canyon which is about a half mile. One interesting thing about this canyon is it is not visible from ground level.  The entrance is by ladder down a hole in the ground.  The exit is shimming through a narrow slot. The canyon is gorgeous and we are very happy we went. Lots of photo opportunities and everyone cooperates to take photos without others in them. Whether this is better than Antelope Upper Canyon, we will find out Monday. On the drive back to Kanab, we stopped at the Toadstools for a hike, an easy 2 mile round trip. Some fantastic rock formations which are part of the Grand Escalante Staircase. A toadstool is a boulder perched on a rock of smaller diameter.  On our return to the coach we got the heatpumps working. We will see how long that lasts with freezing temps expected again tonight.