Partner Highlights Blog:
San Juan County

Our team packs a lot into a day, and after driving through Green River, we drove south to Monticello where we were pleasantly surprised to find Thai and sushi options at Ja-Roen restaurant before checking into the Inn at the Canyons.

The following morning, we met over breakfast with San Juan County Tourism Director Elaine Gizler, and Assistant Marketing Director Allison Yamamoto-Sparks, as well as Bluff Mayor Ann Leppanen, before heading to the Edge of the Cedars Museum. This museum boasts the largest collection of Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) pottery on display in the Four Corners region. And outside, guests are able to see the remnants of a 1000 year-old Great House, and descend a ladder into a well-preserved Kiva!

There was more beauty in store as we traveled to Goosenecks State Park, and then Natural Bridges National Monument where we took a short hike to Owachomo Bridge. San Juan County is America’s Outback, with wild and uninhabited places awaiting the adventurous traveler.

After a long day, we checked into the oasis that is Bluff Dwellings. Owner Jared Berrett has created a unique property, tucked up against towering rocks. The UOT Board meeting was held in the conference room of the resort, and afterwards, several attendees were able to experience the excursions offered by Bluff Dwellings, including rides by vehicle (or raft when weather permits) into the desert where there are ruins to see along the San Juan River.

This summer, the Community and Partner Relations Team will be traveling to Cache, Rich, Wasatch and Uintah counties among others still being arranged. And hopefully we’ll be seeing many representatives from rural Utah at UOT’s Salt Lake Office (Council Hall) during the application process for the Cooperative Marketing Funds.