Yesterday we headed north to Moab, Utah. The drive up was beautiful! This part of Utah is so unique and amazing!! After we checked in at the campground and got settled again, we drove over to Canyonlands. None of us had been there before, so it was fun to explore a new place together. The temperature was almost unbearably hot, so we only went on one short hike to Mesa Arch. Thankfully there were a lot of pull offs where you could see different parts of the canyon without having to hike. After the kids completed their Junior Ranger program, we decided to take Dead Horse Trail (not sure who was in charge of naming the trail??) out of the park back into Moab. It sounded like a great idea until I realized we had to drive down a mountain to get into the canyon! And there were no guard rails! The view was absolutely stunning, but I had to close my eyes more than a few times!!
Today we headed out bright and early to Arches NP, to try to beat the heat. We drove through the park and went on a few hikes to see some of the arches. There are several 4 wheel drive roads in the park, and we decided to check one of them out. It was a little more intense than we expected (lots and lots of big rocks and super deep sand), and it took us longer than we expected, but we were able to see the Eye of the Whale Arch, which can only be viewed from the "road" we were on. We were all pretty happy to see the paved road again!!
Canyonlands
That road though!!
Dead Horse Point
Sand Dune Arch
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