September 18-20, 2011
Wow! We weren't sure what to expect on our way here. In fact, I even suggested that maybe we would just keep going until we got to Colorado. We weren't disappointed. You could easily stay a week and never see it all!
We had planned to stay one night in an rv park and then move to the BLM campgrounds along the Colorado River. Since we couldn't find a spot, we decided to just stay at the Portal RV Resort, which was a wonderful park. Lizzie especially liked the dog park!!!
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| Portal RV Resort Moab, Utah |
We got up very early the first day to visit Arches National Park. I'm not an early riser, but it was well worth it- the colors were amazing!! We checked out the campground inside the park- Devil's Garden- but unfortunately there were no spaces that we could fit into. It would be a great place to camp and explore the park- beautiful setting and close to several viewing points. In fact, it's right beside Devil’s Garden Trailhead, which was so popular that we couldn't find a parking place, so we kept on going. (We also didn't want to deal with the crowds.)
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| Arches National Park |
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| North Window @ Arches National Park |
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| This was my favorite- Turret Arch. It seemed to constantly be changing, depending on the angle from which it was seen. |
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| Me sitting underneath the North Window |
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| Arches National Park |
Since the colors were so good the first day, we got up early again and visited Canyonlands National Park Islands in the Sky and Dead Horse Point State Park. Both of these had great vistas of the canyons and the Colorado River and Green River. As usual, I made George drive through all the campgrounds. Horsethief, a BLM campground, had several spots for big rigs. Might be worth staying at, if you wanted to explore more of these two parks, but about 20 miles from Moab.
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| Buck Canyon Overlook |
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| Green River Overlook @ Canyonlands National Park |
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| George @ Green River Overlook |
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| George @ Shafer Canyon Overlook |
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| Really wanted to rent a jeep and drive along the lower canyon rim. After seeing this entrance into the canyon, we changed our minds!! |
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| Dead Horse Point State Park Overlook |
Later that evening, we walked around downtown Moab. It's a cute tourist town with some interesting shops and lots of restaurants.
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| Lizzie |
Heading for Colorado!
