Scenic drive along route 12 West of Escalante - Part 1

On Sept. 28 we drove from Escalante back to Las Vegas.  To get there we drove the rest of route 12, which is supposedly one of the 10 most scenic drives in North America.  We hadn't been too disappointed in the other half of this road that runs between Torrey and Escalante, so we were looking forward to it.

We drove through a bit of fog patches, which were beautiful as they burned off the mountains:

And now the road is about to cross through the top section of Bryce Canyon National Park, so I will put that in the next post ...