Another beautiful day in southern Utah. This morning after breakfast we took off in the jeep for Arches National Park. Entrance to the park is only a couple miles north of Moab. Once in the park our first stop was the visitors center. Very nice, full of information and souvenirs. We had mapped out our route for the day on a topo map of the area but found out that one of the jeep trails we wanted to take had been washed out. It's wise to always check with rangers before you take off on any trails. Speaking of rangers, yesterday at Canyonlands NP we met a very nice young lady that was excited when she found out we were from Kalispell. She spends her summers as a ranger in Glacier and winters in Canyonlands, pretty nice work areas. We enjoyed our visit and shared our home information with her.
Arches NP is another of natures beautiful creations. The red rock, sand, spiraling needles, towers, bluffs, rock walls and of course the arches take your breath away. It's so inspiring to see what nature and time has created.
Our decision to rent a jeep has been rewarding. There is so much you can see off the main paved roads, arches and landscapes that are only accessed by trail. Also we found a dinosaur fossil area and dinosaur fossilized footprints. I plan on going back to this area and hiking most of Friday.
By the time we got back to Moab it was almost dark. Tired and a little dusty, a cool one tasted mighty good. We both cleaned up and went to a local establishment, "Zax" for wood fired pizza and another cool one.
The "Tower of Babel".
Carol walking up to the "North Window" arch.
North and South window arches.
South window arch after hiking from north window.
I was chasing a lizard, when returning to Jeep took this photo
of trail and landscape.
Fossilized dinosaur tracks along the Willow
springs jeep trail. They are marked on the topo map of the
area.
No comments:
Post a Comment