Traveling has always been part of my life, and this time, I’m rekindling past trips to the richest places in terms of beauty and history. I am referring to the beautiful canyon lands in south western USA. I’ve been to several national parks and recreation sites during my stay in Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. However, the most unforgettable ones are my trips to the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, and Canyonlands. I’ve come to love seeing these famous tourist spots and I must say that they are indeed magnificent to look at and a must-see for any jetsetter. In fact, they are the most stunning natural wonders I have yet seen in my whole life. I can only recommend you to check out all of the great Canyon-parks.

Arizona is known for the Grand Canyon, which is located at northwest Arizona, just a two-hour drive from Nevada and Utah. The waters that run through the canyon lands come from the waters of the Colorado River. The Grand Canyon is actually a steep gorge divided into two rims, the north and south rims, in which climate and vegetation differ significantly. Now known as the Grand Canyon National Park, it’s really one of the world’s greatest wonders, and such a lovely sight to look at.
In Utah, the famous Bryce Canyon also attracted me with its peculiarity and plateau-like existence. I could even distinguish small rock formations which looked like huge spears from afar, and corner rocks which form similar building structures as those in Greece. To get to the Bryce Canyon in Utah, I had to ride a plane coming from Nevada and take the bus going through Cedar City. There is a free shuttle which takes people around the Bryce Canyon, but I heard they only have those from May until September.

Another major attraction in Utah is the Canyonlands National Park, where the Colorado River divides the park into four sections: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze, and the remaining rivers which are sub-sections of the Colorado River. The Island in the Sky is located in a high mesa top overlooking the canyons. The Needles area is called such because of the presence of needle-like structures within this southeast corner of Canyonlands. The Maze is called such because of the high-walled canyons which are actually the least accessible among the canyon land areas. It is quite confusing, and travel there could take a week, so I refused to see it in actual. The River area is generally the combination of great white water rapid rivers, the Green River and the Colorado River. Canyonlands National Park has countless canyons which are so nice to look at and each canyon rock has its own character when seen closely

Canyons are not just there for nothing. Canyons exist to alter the courses of certain river systems which cannot on their own alter their flow. It actually helps nature in its cycle of replenishing earth’s resources. Also, canyons form limestone rocks which are used in architecture. They sometimes make up the facades of skyscrapers in the city. There are other national parks that serve people’s aesthetic cravings, but the canyons of Arizona and Utah serves a different craving, a craving for magnificence in its truest form.

On my third night in Moab I went to a Mexican restaurant which is right next to my hotel, the Ramada inn in Moab. I would like to provide you with a short Fiesta Mexicana Moab review so that you can decide if you should go and have dinner there.

What I found relatively good in the Fiesta Mexicana were the bottomless Tacos with Salsa. The Salsa itself is very hot. Too hot for me :P. So be careful :-). The service in the Fiesta Mexicana was not that good. You get two diet cokes and then have too pay for more, so no refills. I ordered a Super Burito. It was very tasty and a lot more than I could eat in combination with the bottomless Tacos.

Hope you enjoyed my short review of Fiesta Mexicana here in Moab. I rate the restaurant with 9/10 points. I liked Zax in moab more.

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After having dinner at Zax in moab I went to Denny’s here in Moab on my second evening. I would like to provide you with a short review of Denny’s here in Moab.

My Zesty nachos were okay but had a little bit too much cheese. I asked the Denny’s waiter to bring me a milkshake. It took 10 minutes. He excused and gave me 2 milk shakes for free. I did not have to pay for them. Very excellent service if you ask me. Hope you enjoyed my short Denny’s moab review. 9/10 points from me because the air condition made the Denny’s restaurant interior too cold…

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On my first evening in Moab I went to Zax. This is a short Zax Moab review. They advertise to be a good pizza restaurant. Upon opening the menu I was surprised All you can eat wood fired Pizza 12 $. Plus all you can eat salad inclusive.

That’s what I ordered in Zax. The pizza was American Style and very good. I liked the diversity of the salad bar and the waiter was very friendly. 10/10 points for a low price restaurant. Hope you enjoyed my short review of Zax here in Moab.

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I slept in the Best Western Capitol Reef resort and returned to Torrey for something to have dinner. There are no supermarkets, at least I found none. So you are required to use your provisions or find a restaurant. The Capitol reef Café is recommended by several tourist guides.

The food way okay, I took cheese Tortillas and it was more than I could eat. What was really bad, I had to wait almost 2 hours for my food to arrive… They seemed overtaxed. The whole restaurant was full. The waiters were also relatively inattentive as they forgot to refill my tap water.

I rate the Capitol Reef Café with 7/10 points because of the bad service I encountered. I went Back to my Best Western and fell a sleep almost instantly :). If you like, then check out my Best Western Capitol Reef resort review.