Canyonlands National Park

Canyonlands National Park

Today we got up bright and early...at least the early part. Our air mattress lost most of the air last night and both Scott and I woke up on the ground. Let's just say the last half of the night was filled with tossing and turning on both of our sides trying to get comfy with half our bodies on the ground and the other half on what was left in the air filled mattress.

We headed out for a quick breakfast in town, it was good, we both got breakfast burritos.

Road into the canyon.

Canyonlands was very similar to The Grand Canyon, but not nearly as scenic. Like The Grand Canyon, Canyonlands was formed by water and wind. The Greene and Colorado rivers flow thru the park. We opted not to hike today instead just short walks out to a couple different lookout points. The unique thing about Canyonlands is that you can drive down into the canyon. Driving down was awesome, however I was so nervous. You need 4-wheel drive and the road you take to get into the canyon is narrow, on the edge of the canyon, and has many steep switchbacks. We went about 6 miles into the canyon and didn't even reach the bottom. The canyon was beautiful once we were down inside. We did get to see the Colorado River while we were in the canyon.

Colorado River

View from in the canyon.

When we returned to Moab we bought a new air mattress and decided that we would grill out dinner, so we headed to the store and bought veggies, halibut, and steak for the next couple nights. Unfortunately, Mother Nature didn't agree and we had lightning, rain, and wind. Instead of grilling we cooked the halibut and half of the veggies on our Coleman grill and also made some pesto pasta, it was delish! Hopefully we can grill out the steak and remainder of the veggies tomorrow.

Go figure, we've been on the road for over a month now and the two places we've had bad weather is one day of rain in Vegas and here in Moab, two dessert towns!

We've got a busy next couple of days; it was nice to have a low key day today.