There is currently a Paria Movie Set Reconstruction Project Fund Raiser taking place.

Sheldon Honey of Honey’s Jubilee grocery store presenting David and Marilyn DeVooght a check for $610 from a taco dinner that Honey’s had put together.

It has been almost one year since arsonists burned the reconstructed buildings at the Paria Movie Canyon to the ground. The Reconstruction of the Paria Movie Set is being met with great enthusiasm and support from the Managers of the GSENM, the Kane County Office of Tourism and the community. To provide security we are proposing a 6 unit campground near the site with a campground host. Dave has contacted the Kane County Building Inspector and recommendations have been made by Tom Avant, Engineer for Thebeau Construction on reinforcing the foundation to meet code. The community needs a set that can be used for actual movies, Robert Houston has agreed to organize the volunteer work force and Dennis Judd has agreed to help any way he can. Dave DeVooght has proposed 6 buildings, three of which will be on skids so they can be moved on site. The film commission has recently been contacted to do a movie at the Paria Set, but the county could not offer a usable set.

Contributions can be made to Paria Movie Set Reconstruction Fund at Zions Bank, 41 E. Center Street, Kanab, Utah 84741 or Paria Movie Set Reconstruction Fund, 515 S. 475 E. Kanab, Utah 84741.

This website at vermiliontours.com is happy to post news from the area. Please use the contact us form below.

More information is available about the fund raising project here.

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Southern Utah and Northern Arizona can be very, very remote areas and much caution should be used in planing and researching an adventure into these areas. Cell phones may not work, lots of water and provisions should be planned for. Very sandy roads could be encountered with expensive tow truck bills if required. There are many travel providers located in this area and a guide and advice is recommended.

This website at vermiliontours.com is available for trip reports and information that you may wish to provide. In addition the outdoor recreation message boards at AdventureZoneTOURS
is asking people to post data, photos and information they have to share.

In addition travel partners are invited.

Travel Web site Focuses on Back Country, USA
Links up Adventure Travelers with Rural Venues

Cedar City, UT  - Most travel Web sites focus on the large metro areas in the United States.  Get to rural Maine, Utah, etc. and you’re on your own.  Thousands of small business owners are located near wilderness areas and many of them either don’t have Web sites or are difficult to find in search engines.

Now, a unique web site lists rural travel suppliers, motels, camps, lodges, bike paths, ATV sites, fishing guides, tours, etc. all in one database. AdventureZoneTOURS is unique in that it offers posts about all the National Parks, State Parks, National Monuments and Wilderness Areas in one place. AdventureZoneTOURS allows adventure travelers to plan their entire trip all in one action. No more clicking and searching all around.

For Travelers: Outdoor Recreation Message Board

The site’s Outdoor Recreation Message Board lists the states, separated into travel region message boards where people can see the outdoor public land areas available with map, information, stories, photos and over 4,000 posts. There are park maps, webcams, directions and a search to located accommodations and activity providers in that state region.

Social Networking for Wilderness Areas, Parks, Monuments and Outdoors Recreation

Travel partners are invited to become part of the rural reservations booking engine that has just been launched. Its social networking message boards are geared towards all four seasons.

Accommodations and Activities suppliers need only to visit http://www.adventurezonetours.com and click on the link at the top that says Travel Partners.  The database is set up for most accommodations suppliers like motels, camps, lodges, campgrounds, etc. The activities database is set up for ATV, horses, hiking, tours, winter, water, rentals and more.

CONTACT: Cowboy Ted Hallisey

TEL: 435-644-5033

E-MAIL: Cowboyted8(at)aol.com

WEBSITE: http://www.kaneutah.com/

KANAB, Utah—Families and individuals from all fifty states and internationally are invited to attend the First Annual Amazing Earthfest Celebration, happening May 21-26, 2007 in Kanab, Utah. Here travelers will discover, learn from and celebrate national and state parks, national forests and public lands of the Colorado plateau located in Utah and Arizona.

Kanab plans to establish, host and support this broadly inclusive event each year in May, fostering education, scientific discovery and understanding, plus recreation and entertainment. The goal is to attract visitors from across the nation and abroad to Kane County, for the purpose of experiencing the National Parks and Public Lands in the region, recently described by Sunset Magazine as “dramatic.”

Visitors can choose from a wide variety of scheduled activities including: lectures and demonstrations, scientific and educational symposia, Native American and Pioneer cultural programs, guided backcountry trips, expeditions and musical performances. Additional activities include: exhibitions of visual arts, painting, sculpture, handmade crafts, culinary delights and Pioneer history.

Scientific Presentations - Visiting scholars, scientists and staff from major regional educational institutions and the public land managing agencies will be invited to present on geology, ecology, biology, paleontology and archaeology, as well as land and resource management techniques. Programs are planned for a host of visitor centers in the area, as well as guided site visits and expeditions to remote locations in the region. Activities, exhibits, lectures and demonstrations will be designed to educate and inform local residents and visitors about the scientific discovery, study, history and natural wonders of Southern Utah and the Arizona Strip.

Creative Arts & Entertainment - Artists, musicians and storytellers will be on-hand to express their experience of the history, life and culture of the Intermountain West, through exhibitions, concerts and presentations, including competitions for prizes. Pioneer history and culinary arts will round out visitors’ enjoyment.

Outdoor Recreation - Campers, hikers, horseback riders, cyclists, mountain bikers, climbers, road tourists and off-road vehicle enthusiasts are invited to make Southern Utah & Northern Arizona their destination for this springtime event; to engage in a favorite sport, while enjoying the welcoming hospitality of area service providers. OHVs are welcome on designated routes and trails.

Want a special treat? Hit the Arizona Strip and learn about the Condor Release Program.

Tentative Amazing Earthfest Participants ~ 2007

· Best Friends Animal Society – bird display on site in Angel Canyon

· Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park – sunset photo clinic and nature walk

· Glen Canyon National Recreation Area – Lake Powell events

· Grand Canyon National Park – North Rim

· Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument – Dinosaur talks and exhibits

· Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts – Maynard Dixon Home

· Pipe Spring National Monument – Native American and Pioneer food and lifestyle recreations & sampling

Also: Bryce Canyon National Park, Capital Reef National Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Dixie National Forest, East Zion Tourism Council, Kaibab National Forest, Kanab City, Kane County Office of Tourism, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Mormon Pioneer Heritage Highway, Page-Lake Powell, Snow Canyon State Park, Utah Office of Tourism, and Zion National Park.

For more information on First Annual Amazing Earthfest Celebration please call Cowboy Ted Hallisey-435-644-5033.

Cowboy Ted Hallisey
Executive Director
Kane County Office of Tourism
P.O. Box 209
Kanab, Utah 84741
435-644-5033

The website at Vermiliontours invite’s Utah groups to forward us their news to share here with our readers as well as at our outdoor recreation message board at http://www.adventurezonetours.com/

Author: Bob Therrien

http://www.adventurezonetours.com

Visiting Utah can be quite an experience! If you’ve heard about slot canyons and canyoneering, then you’ve probably read about southern Utah. The major airports to fly into the region are normally Las Vegas for southern Utah or Salt Lake City for northern Utah. Researching your trip normally means selecting your areas of interest from the following regions.

Northern Utah - Central Utah - Southern Utah

The Vermilion Cliffs area can be accessed from Southern Utah, or Northern Arizona. It is vast and very diverse. Some of the activities people enjoy are:

• Hiking
• Camping
• Biking
• ATV
• Scenic Drives
• Horseback Riding
• Wildlife
• Rivers

Enjoying Vermiliontours you’ll find it is home to big horn sheep and California condors. Some of the earliest rock art in the Southwest can be found in the Monument where Navajo sandstone display colorful bands of yellow, orange, pink, and red caused by the precipitation of manganese, iron, and other oxides.

Traveling here you’ll find 12th century Anasazi remains in the canyons. The monument is home to Buckskin Gulch, the longest slot canyon in the Southwest, followed by the lower Paria River Gorge, which is a deep, watery canyon that is as beautiful as canyons in Zion National Park. The monument has The Chinle Formation, as well as The Coyote Buttes on the southern portion of the Coxcomb Ridge. The Wave is becoming well known and has been featured in National publications recently.

Touring this area, you will see the Virgin Anticline, a large, asymmetrical, descending anticline or “hump” in the earth. Both St. George and Hurricane, Utah areas show evidence of past volcanic activity, in the form of cinder cones, and basalt flows.

Embarking from the spectacular Virgin River Gorge, south of St. George, Utah, you can follow 277 miles of paved highways winding through small rural communities to the Navajo Indian Reservation on the east. Scenic overlooks and historic and prehistoric sites along the highways convey various aspects of exploration and survival in this remote region. The Vermilion Cliffs Highways traverse some of the most vast and picturesque landscapes in the West. In many cases, the highways follow historic transportation routes used for centuries by different cultures from American Indian tribes, Spanish explorers and pioneers to modern travelers.

Some of the source content of this article was obtained from the Bureau of Land Management and The National Park Service.

Research, read and share trip reports and pics here.

We’d like to invite you to be a guest blogger on this site and to share comments on our Outdoor Recreation Message Boards at http://www.adventurezonetours.com

National Parks, State Parks, National Monuments, and Wilderness Areas, All in One Website!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT OUR NATIONAL PARKS –

On AdventureZoneTOURS.com

Cedar City, UT (February 27, 2007) The good news is that the United States of America has protected some of the most unique and incredible places to see on earth, and to encourage visitors, AdventureZoneTOURS.com brings all the parks, monuments, and wilderness areas into one online message board where people can share information about these fantastic outdoors resources.

The bad news is that the National Parks face a budget crisis. Struggling to protect the historic, cultural and natural resources, the parks are short of funds for operating facilities, repairs to roads, bridges, trails and buildings. In 2006, a $814 million shortfall was reported. With the National Park Service covering almost 400 protected areas, NPS has fewer employees to service the growing number of visitors per year. Over 273,000,000 people visited the National Parks in 2005, with reports of declining visitors. AdventureZoneTOURS.com fills in the gap where information on locations and services are currently lacking. Instead of contacting a variety of parks or wilderness areas to compile your trip, now planning and previewing a vacation or adventure is just a click away on AdventureZoneTOURS.COM.

In a recent trend, volunteering has become very popular with more people willing to offer their time or vacation in assisting the parks and outdoor organizations with clean up, rebuilding trails and other important tasks. AdventureZoneTOURS.com not only features a message board for each region of every state but under the category Special Interests members are invited to post messages for volunteer opportunities or find links to the volunteer opportunity just right for them.

Bob Therrien, President of TrainingPASS Sales, Inc., creator of AdventureZoneTOURS.com, outdoor writer, and constant traveler commented, “Over the years, the hardest part for me has been the research about which parks, hikes, climbs, guides I want to visit with my family and friends. Exploring site after site, then mapping the distance from each area of interest is inefficient and many times lacking in information. To solve that inefficiency we (AdventureZoneTOURS.com) have collected all the basic information about our parks, wilderness areas and national monuments into one website. We’re still working on the mapping solution right now, so that a visitor can visually see just a region of a state and distances between multiple areas of interest. AdventureZoneTOURS.com is an outdoors recreation message board that now needs real trip reports from people who love these parks and are willing to share information on their special places.”

The Outdoor Adventure Message Board opens up to reveal historic park photos and a listing of U.S. States separated into travel regions. Click on search to find your park or any state region and there are sub forums for all the parks, monuments and wilderness areas in that region. You’ll find links to park maps, webcams and several interesting choices to pick from within a state region. Choose just the park to visit or check special interest message boards for posts on volunteer opportunities and travel for women only, men, training retreats, or shuttle posts.

For the activity-specific minded, AdventureZoneTOURS.com encourages users to share trip reports for a variety of outdoor activities from hiking, climbing, canyoneering, geo exploring, photography, ghost towns, mines, and cave to water sports such as boating, fishing, jet and water skiing, tubing, rafting, and scuba. Winter travel sports locations for snowmobiling, skiing and snowboarding are featured. Hunting locations, ATV and horseback trails as well as the most scenic areas for outdoor photography are also available as individual topic posts. To research or share your favorite adventure travel location, and for more information, log on to www.AdventureZoneTOURS.com.