We flew to Denver then Moab - the little city outside Arches & Canyonlands National Parks. We didn't realize just how little it was!
This plane had <20 seats, only one on each side of the aisle.
No flight attendant, no bathroom - tiny!!
And there was no gate, no baggage claim - made Appleton's airport look huge!
One of the view points in Arches.
I think WI has beautiful skies, but Utah gave them a run for their money this trip!
For perspective sake, can you see the person??
This "Double Arch" was cool, sharing a base.
So dramatic!
The sandstone was called "Slickrock" - which is an accurate description!
I thought it was really slippery and was scared to climb on it much. We have many pictures of us on the same structure: Nick standing on top, Carrie sitting 1/2 way up!
Canyonlands park
This picture might not look impressive, except for the scale! That canyon is 1000s of feet deep and that little dusty trail is the dirt road we drove on later in the day. It was a huge park full of canyons, arches, fins, sandstone structures & a random crater!
Delicate Arch - the most famous one
We got there early so we were lucky not to have too many people in our pictures.
The best hike - 7.2mi around Devil's Garden
Not all parts of the trail were this obvious, you did have to look for little cairns (stone piles) to guide you at different places.
Landscape Arch (& sky)
Landscape is the largest in the park - as long as a football field!
A piece fell off ~20 years ago with people sitting underneath it! No one was hurt, but you can't go there any more.
The skies to the right were very ominous - I was convinced we were going to die in a flash flood.
You'd see a sign "Arch 0.4mi this way". Sure, let's check it out. Nothing, nothing, nothing - oh, hello perfectly shaped arch with a beautiful up high view of the park!
I'm not sure we've got any other places to go there, but Utah sure is great! And we finished check #50!What National Park should we visit next?? Any one want to come with?? (We're thinking Yellowstone or Glacier maybe...)
