September 18, 2013

• Epic Road Trip, Day 9, part 1

  

  It was our last day in DHP. Yesterday was visiting Moab and doing the Fiery Furnace Tour, but today was the "real" scenic day with dividing our time between Canyonlands and Arches National Parks. We started out in Canyonlands. It seemed kinda boring, because it lacked certain characteristics, like, well, like canyons.

  

  

  Very cool blobs of rock, but totally not what I'd come to Canyonlands for.

  

  But then, we continued on and saw a hint of elevation, and some nifty cactus.

  

  And then? Finally! Canyons!

  

  

  The blobs were more interesting now that I'd seen some canyon and I was happy to take more photos of that.

  

  But, I really craved to see the canyons.

  

  Which were out there somewhere!

  

  We stayed a while at the point overlooking the canyons, looking out into what might have been the Maze District. The funny thing about this National Park is that it is divided into 3 sections, two of which are not accessible by car. At least most cars. So we got to see out into the other districts but there weren't all that many viewpoints. But, what I saw....you can see:

  

  

  Looking back, it's interesting to me what caught my eye and how that translated into photos.

  

  

  

  

  Canyonlands was described to me as "Like the Grand Canyon, only stretched out and squashed down."

  

  

  We decided to have a little fun and we jumped some canyons.

  

  There's one more post coming of pictures from Canyonlands before we move on to Arches again for more photos.

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