The Brand Grand Caravan Touring Machine is loaded up and ready to head to Scottsdale for an early winter escape and a chance to visit some old friends from our lives in the 80’s living in the Phoenix area. Bikes-check. Hiking boots-check. Trekking poles-check. Cooler-check....
Headed east on I-70 across the Rockies on dry roads with sunny skies into Utah before we turn south to Moab for the night.
We took the “short cut” to Moab on the east side of Arches National Park along the Colorado. Stunning views and empty roads this time of year. Loving every minute of it.
We’ve been on this route to Moab many times over the last several years but had never taken the time to visit the Arches National Park. This trip we decided to remedy that error.
We had great light for many of the rock formation views from the lowering sun in the western sky.
Ang is all bundled up. The temperature was about 40 degrees but we had a pretty strong northern wind to face into.
I’m sure there’s a good joke for this picture but drawing a blank at the moment. Maybe someone will help me. That’s Tunnel Arch in between my hands.
At the end of our hike in the park our last arch is called “Landscape Arch”. It’s about 200’ across and almost as high. Hikers used to be able to walk under the arch but in 1991 a huge hunk of rocks flaked off the right hand side so it was closed off for safety. It looks very spindly to us. A picture from here will be just fine.
A great sunset after a great day. Tomorrow we head for Scottsdale.
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