New Mexico April 2013: Pet Sanctuary, Bryce Canyon and Escalante

Before we left Kanab this morning, had a chance to walk up and down Main Street. Interesting place! Famous as "Little Hollywood"; made many westerns here from the 1920's through the '60s. Plaques along the street recount people like Grefgory Peck and a number of other familiar faces you can't put a name to.

Then, quite by accident, just north of Kanab we came across the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Angel Canyon. This is the largest "no kill" animal shelter in the country. Spread out over 3700 acres in the canyon and employing 500 people, at any one time there will be 1500 animals in residence.....cats, dogs, horses, birds, you name it! They'll host 400 volunteers and 25,000 visitors every year. Amazing! Check it out here Best Friends Animal Society.

Then we headed up Rt 89 to Bryce Canyon National Park. We'd been there before, but its still a breathtaking place. If one had the time, there is some spectacular hiking. From Bryce, we took a spectacular drive on Rt 12 through Escalante and Boulder to Torrey, UT. We'd been here before, too, but this is one of the "top ten" in the country for amazing scenery and variation, so we were anxious to drive it again. It tops out at 9700 feet with a phenomenal view of all of Southern Utah.

Ended the day in Salina, UT, on I70. Decent dinner at Denny's, complete with beautiful sunset!