Utah - Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and Boondocking near Kanab

I've been wanting to visit this animal sanctuary for several years, and finally got my chance.  What a wonderful concept, facility, caring staff, and opportunities to volunteer.    This time I was only passing through, but will put this on my list of places I could stay for awhile...maybe longer!

Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park - that was my full moon camping/hiking plan, but the campground was full, the area was very windy (that's how the dunes were formed), and the vibe just wasn't right, so after a few photos

I headed on to Kanab, which has grown a lot since I visited here 10 years ago, but quiet Johnson Canyon offers some opportunities to get away into the kind of landscape this area was so famous for when it was used as a film location for westerns. Since it's BLM/National Forest land, there were plenty of good places for boondocking.

Rounding up part of the heard in this area of open ranging cattle - makes driving interesting!

 

Part of the remains of the old set for the movie Gunsmoke