Canyonlands

 Yesterday Trish and I spent the day on a trip to Canyonlands National Park nearby.  We drove out across the Island in the Sky Mesa to what seems to be the edge of the world where you can look out for endless miles across this vast Park.

You clearly see the white rim of the upper canyons from here.

Later we hiked out to Mesa Arch where the view looks for miles back towards Moab.

The most striking views, however, come when you look down into the canyons and see the roads that were once traveled by the huge potash trucks when there was mining prior to park establishment.  Today the road is open if you wish to drive there…we did not!

Our last stop of the day was at Dead Horse Point State Park where the views run from the present potash ponds below to the Colorado River at Dead Horse Point in the distance.  It was a wonderful day in a world totally different from Arches.