Day Four of our National Parks Tour takes us to the scenic Fish Lake Loop, which winds around a high alpine lake at nearly 9,000 feet. We start the day in Tropic, Utah, pass through the metropolises of Koosharem and Loa, then end it where we began – in Tropic.

To see other sights we saw along the way, check out today’s Photos-of-the-Day (PODs), below.

Wanna see the actual route from today’s ride, using Google Maps? click here

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And now, today’s “Previous Blog Trivia Question:”

Q: Utah Highway 12 is generally considered one of the top scenic drives in the US. What small city is at the northern end of UT-12, just west of Capitol Reef National Park?

A: Torrey, Utah.

Q: For extra credit – What famous people have connections with Torrey?

A: Butch Cassidy (real name: Robert Leroy Parker), whose boyhood home was not far from Torrey; Zane Grey, author best known for his popular adventure novels (like Riders of the Purple Sage); and Wallace Stegner, historian, novelist, short story writer and environmentalist..

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Gotta go.

Vroom, Vroom.