I got off last Wednesday, due to Fall Break last week and on Friday, I left with Sally to go to Capitol Reef, Arches, and Canyonlands National Parks. I have NEVER been to a national park, and we wanted to do a not so expensive trip, so that is what we chose to do! We went to Capitol Reef first and were "wow'd" by all the beautiful rocks there. We even saw a pioneer school house and farm house and some indian petroglyphs! I would say the highlight of that park was the Hickman Natural Bridge. We had to hike a mile to see it, but it was definitely worth it!
After visiting Capitol Reef, we drove to Richfield and stayed overnight there. Then, we were off to Moab to visit Arches National Park. Boy was that fabulous!!! There was a whole lot of arches there! One of my favorites was definitely Delicate Arch. It was by far the hardest hike as well! We hiked 3 miles round trip and that was even climbing a HUGE, STEEP hill...but oh was it worth it! It was breathtaking to turn that last corner and see this:
We also saw many, many other things there including the Twin Arches, the Double Windows, the Courthouse Towers, Broken Arch, the Fiery Furnace, and Balanced Rock. All were incredible! We were definitely BLOWN away by all of it!
After exploring Arches, we stayed in Moab and the next day went to Canyonlands National Park and Dead Horse Point State Park, which is only about 30 miles away from Moab. Dead Horse Point was SPECTACULAR! It was just so peaceful there and the view was amazing!
The views from various places in Canyonlands were equally as spectacular!
We were definitely tired of driving and hiking when we were done, but WOW, we saw some pretty amazing things! Hopefully I can visit the rest of the national parks soon!
As for the rest of off track time, I am doing LOTS of catch up on homework for my Master's classes and just relaxing. Oh the JOY! :)
4 comments:
Oh my gosh! This looks so fun. I love your pictures. You must have had a blast. Were there a lot of people there? Busy time in that beautiful place!
Ahem....excuse me....I recall a trip to Yellowstone girly! I believe that is a national park! Glad you are home safe and had a good time!
Nikki- There actually were a lot of people there...I think it was because of Fall Break!
Mom- I meant a National Park in UTAH...Yellowstone isn't in UTAH! :)
You should be more specific then! LOL!
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