Day 39
Canyonlands National Park & Dead Horse Point State Park
Good weather for our first excursion to Canyonlands National Park. We were advised to stop in to see a state park, Dead Horse Point, on the way. Very nice!
Today was a day of 'WOWS', should have counted how many times we said it.
There were some spectacular views of the canyons. From the visitors center, one can see a deep canyon, the Colorado River and some enormous electric blue 'ponds'. Jim wonderered what they were...of course, I knew exactly what they were. They are where the airline industry get the water for the airplane toilets! Some other person there said they were drying ponds for the potash industry....silly man.
Tidy Bowl blue at the bottom of the canyon
From Dead Horse Point, the Colorado River is 2,000 feet below!
On the way to the state park and Canyonlands we finally got to see the native wildlife we've been searching for. Big, very big and RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, were the cutest cows! Okay, it was more like 'domesticlife', instead of wildlife. The road was on open range, so the cows just walked wherever they wanted. It was like Lion Country Safari, only it was really Bovine Country Safari. Still it was fun stopping right beside them. We got a good laugh out of pulling up and saying, "Hey, COW"! The cows would stop eating and pick their heads up and look right at us. Um...maybe we've been on the road too long?
Hey Cow!
Canyonlands was breathtaking, totally different from Arches, but stunning in its own way. We walked a bit. The Mesa Arch was 1/2 mile total, and hilly...our calves were screaming from yesterday's walk. But the Mesa Arch was worth it. Canyonlands is huge and today we saw the 'Island in the Sky' section.
Take a few steps to the right...oops!
Mesa Arch
Finally a picture together!
Tomorrow we are taking a scenic byway Rt128 from here toward Grand Junction Colorado. We are stepping up travel in order to meet with famiy in Omaha, so Colorado will be a 'drive by' this year.
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