Sunrise in Moab. Yes, John was up in time to see the SUN RISE! We were camping the previous night (we scored the sixth-to-last campground in town - Moab was booked solid and the town was crazily busy due to a half-marathon the next day) and the ground was really hard and cold so a sleep-in wasn't really on the cards.
Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park.
Very steep cliff and canyons below Mesa Arch.
Mesa Arch.
Grand View Overlook in Canyonlands.
The canyons eroding in dinosaur toe shapes.
Upheaval Dome, possibly caused by a meteorite?
MC at Dead Horse Point State Park. This park has been used in several movies, including Mission Impossible and the final scene of Thelma and Louise.
Dead Horse Point State Park at sunset. According to legend, the point was once used by cowboys to round up wild mustangs. They herded them across the narrow neck of land and onto the point. The neck was fenced off with branches and bush. The cowboys then chose the horses they wanted and left the other horses on the waterless point where they died of thirst within view of the Colorado River, 2,000 feet below.
8,000 feet of geologic strata is visible while standing on the canyon rim. Erosion continues today as the Colorado River winds from the Continental Divide high in the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean at the Sea of Cortez (1,400 miles).Next on the agenda is more Utah national parks - Bryce Canyon and Zion.
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