August 4-6

The 4th and 5th we had to pay our dues and drive 951 miles to arrive in Moab, Utah--home of Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park.  John and I spent the first night on our trip, way back on June 1 in Moab at the Spanish Trail RV Park and then visited both national parks.

Yesterday afternoon, on the way into Moab, we stopped at the Arches Visitor Center so Evan could learn a bit about the area and the history.  This morning we arrived at Arches at 7 am.  Below are some of the images

John captured this while we were walking up to the North Window

Is the boy wearing a dunce hat?  John captured this in front of the Turret Arc

We walked up the lower viewpoint of the Delicate Arch, which you can see behind Evan 

In Canyonlands, we hiked to the Mesa Arch, which John really likes and he captured Evan and then I got a quick shot of both of them....not easy with lots and lots of people around!

Last shot of the day--we were at this overlook at Canyonlands and I looked at Evan - saw John's reflection in his sunglasses and motioned to Evan to move his head up and down and he thought I was crazy, until I showed him what was happening.  Great to have such a good helper!

Tomorrow morning we will head back to Abiquiu and the last 330 miles of our trip.