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Arches National Park

From nearby Moab we woke well before dawn to visit Arches National Park as the Sun spread over it. The temperature was 0 degrees F, which got our toes numb standing around in the fluffy snow, but watching from the La Sal Mountains Viewpoint as the sun and […]

2015-10-25T04:26:01-07:00January 15, 2010|

Valley of the Gods in Comb Wash

The Valley of the Gods was a smaller version of Arizona’s nearby – and more famous – Monument Valley. Tall deeply colored buttresses, pinnacles, and buttes rose straight and high into the air above a sage brush covered plain, like a gallery of geologic statues.

Driving from the east over the […]

2015-10-24T05:39:34-07:00December 15, 2009|

Hovenweep National Monument

Hovenweep National Monument

If you wanted to see many excellent Ancient Puebloan Anasazi ruins in a concentrated canyon community, all stabilized but not otherwise reconstructed, then Hovenweep National Monument would be your place.

It must have been an amazing, vibrant community at one time. The […]

2015-10-24T05:09:43-07:00December 15, 2009|

Goosenecks State Park

Goosenecks State Park

For a spectacular view that you can literally drive right up to, Goosenecks State Park was a great side trip.

Peering over the canyon edge, we saw 1000 feet down to the San Juan River flowing with chunks of ice. The unusual snake-like […]

2015-10-24T05:23:09-07:00December 15, 2009|
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