Canyon Lands

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Left Blanding, UT and drove to the Needles (South) Visitors Center in Canyonlands NP. The road into the park is really spectacular - - very similar to the bus ride up the Zion NP canyon along the Virgin River. Lots of need stuff to see in the loop within the park. One really unique feature was the Wooden Shoe Arch (Picture included). Every where we looked were amazingly beautiful sights - - the photos don't even come close to doing them justice! Then drove to Moab, UT to get fuel, find a campground, and eat lunch. Good thing we didn't stop to eat lunch as Charlie called 5 places before she found one with two vacancies. They are now all full!!! After some lunch, we piled into Kerry's van and went to The north entrance to Canyonlands NP, called Islands in the Sky. This wa different from Needles in that we were on top of the mesa looking down on the scenery instead of being at the bottom looking up. Got to see the Colorado River and the Green River. These two rivers carved up the land to create this incredible topography. Got back to our campers about 8:15 - - a long but very satisfying day. We'll do Arches NP tomorrow, stay in Moab a second night and then go back to CO for Dinasaur NM and head toward Flaming Gorge on Monday.

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Photos

Wooden Shoe Arch
This arch looks remarkably similar to a wood shoe.

Needles
Some of the needles in Canyonlands NP

Kery & Charlie
Charlie and Kerry at Needles, Canyonlands NP

Colorado River Canyon
A canyon carved by a tributory of the Colorado - -Taken at the Islands In The Sky Visitors Center

Uplift Dome Crater
A small section of a one mile diameter remnants of a major uplift caused by sbterrainian salt.

Dinasaur Print
A deep canyon just below Grand View Point that looks like a giant dinasaur foot print