Arches and Dead Horse Point



A Rock Castle!

Pioneer Women????



The Monitor and the Merrimac Rock Formations



LOTS of Arches!



Balanced Rock Formation

Petroglyphs at Wolfe Ranch in Arches NP



Delicate Arch



MORE Arches!



View of the Colorado River/Canyonlands NP from Dead Horse Point

We were a the Arches National Park entrance at 8 AM yesterday, thinking we would beat the rush of sightseers in the park.  DROVES of cars were returning to the entrance after watching the sun rise.  It was gridlock in most of the viewing points and trail heads.  And here we THOUGHT, by  late September that the crowds would have thinned out!  Not so!  We were surrounded by other boomers and travelers from other countries - especially France and Germany!
We headed up to Dead Horse Point in the afternoon.  From this viewpoint, we looked down into Canyonlands National Park - and the Colorado River.  Spectacular!
Today, we are headed to the Needles Overlook and Newspaper Rock.  We will be out of touch for a few days.  There are some remote Utah State Park campgrounds with few services and NO electricity/lights, so the star-gazing should be really nice!  We will sit back and relax a bit - read, hik, take LOTS of photos and regroup!
I plan to  post again on the weekend, when we return to civilization!