Dixie Chicks and Wide Open Space: “She needs wide open
spaces, a place to make a big mistake . . .” That’s what I need. I so relate to
this song.
I drove through Moab to get to the southern end of
Canyonlands National Park Thursday, and Moab is a tourist trap. Every other
business is a tour company, an ATV rental place, a motel, a river rafting
company, you name it, if it relates to tourism at Arches and Canyonlands, it is
in Moab. And the traffic – it was almost like rush hour on the California
freeways!
This was a long trip (around 250 miles round trip). The
scenery was incredible (except for Moab) and awesome. I met up with some cows
on the road to Canyonlands (it is mostly open range). A group were in the
middle of the road, so I stopped. They looked at my truck and something about
the front of my truck must have spooked them, because the group took off
running up the hill. Very funny!
Did a little hiking at Pothole Point and drove down a dirt
and gravel road towards Elephant Hill. It was all gorgeous. At Pothole Point, I saw this formation that looked like an eagle flying. It was a quiet, easy walk to see all the potholes. Only a couple had water, the rest were dry. Apparently wierd little critters grow in the water and then bury themselves as the pothole dries. They re-emerge when it gets wet.
I saw a lot of campers going toward Canyonlands (there are
several campgrounds), but the road was so awful, I wouldn’t take my trailer out
to those areas.
Another formation in the Canyonlands area. Canyonlands is kind of separated into three areas: Islands In The Sky (northern part), The Maze (middle), and The Needles (southern part). These were all taken in the Needles part.
At the end of the road in the Canyonlands area, I saw this bird waiting for dropped food from people in cars. He was very bold and let me get very close to him.
No comments :
Post a Comment