October 24th - Canyonlands National Park
Saturday morning, Oct 24th and we're out the door by 8:45 to go
to Canyonlands. No fog this morning and the sun is shining so photos should be
good. It sure is very much like the Grand Canyon except not so far across.
Ray and I had a great morning stopping at all of the
viewpoints and taking the short walk to the Mesa Arch. For the most part the
sun cooperated with the pictures.
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Aztec Butte
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| Above and next four is the Green River Valley |
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| Island in the Sky |
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| Mesa Arch above and below |
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| Upper West Basin above and below |
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| View from The Neck above and below |
Next it's off to the White
Rim Overlook:
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| White Rim Road above and below |
Once back home we set up in the sun and threw the ball for Freya.
Tomorrow morning it will back to finish the second half of Arches we've yet to see.
Sunday morning we left Freya at home so we can do a couple
of the short trails. It was a cool 46F
when we left at 7:30 am. Arrived at The Courthouse and waited for the sun to
rise at precisely 8am. Wow!
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| Courthouse Viewpoint above and below |
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| Sheep Rock |
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| Courthouse View |
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Sheep Rock
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Next it was off to Devil's Garden at the very end
of the road. What a lovely spot.
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| Don't miss the deer |
Next up the Skyline Arch:
We then backtracked to the "Windows" for the
short hikes to take some morning shots of the arches. It is glorious and we
were back to the coach by 11:30 before it got too hot for Freya.
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| Double Arch above and below |
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| Windows Arches above and two below |
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| Parade of Elephants to the left and Double Arches on the right |
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| Parade of Elephants above and taken from Window Arches below |
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| Parade of Elephants |
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| Turret Arches above and below |
Grocery shopping was up next for me as we are on the road
tomorrow so back into Moab. I ate lunch at the Peace Tree Restaurant, recommended to us by fellow campers and brought the other half of my wrap home for Ray. It's very tasty.
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