Too many highlights this week! Monument Valley, Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park and Moab.....our last day in Arizona was spent on the cliff overlooking Monument Valley,incredible view, on the Navajo Indian reservation. It is shocking what happened to the native Indians here and the land they were allocated is so barren and harsh but very dramatic. It brought back all the images of the Western movies we watched as a kid and now we are in that scenery. We passed on the 78 dollar each drive trip into the valley and opted to walk some of it instead. How can families afford that! We had the campfire going watching the sunset and u early to watch the sunrise.
Then on to Utah. We spent 2 days in Canyonlands NP, we rode our bikes on the scenic road to go for a 5 mile hike,
then the lock would not open so had to trudge miles back to campsite with little water...it's nearing 100 deg F at the moment. The park ranger went out with bolt cutters and eventually brought the bikes back. Wed 17 Aug arrived in Moab, really cute touristy bless morman town (Utah is Morman country), luckily the liquor laws have just been relaxed so that can serve beer without you having to buy a meal....there are 2 microbreweries here which we are going to try out. We camped next to the Colarado River and headed to Arches NP early morning for a 8 mile very demanding hike. The amount of people heading out at midday on this hike with hardly any water was madness, my face was bright red after....it was hard...but my leg is getting stronger.
We did get to camp in the Arches NP got in on a cancellation (school holidays, great time to be touring!). Staying in Moab at the moment, in private RV park so we can get Internet and watch a bit of Tv. It's our once a week treat.
Then on to Utah. We spent 2 days in Canyonlands NP, we rode our bikes on the scenic road to go for a 5 mile hike,
then the lock would not open so had to trudge miles back to campsite with little water...it's nearing 100 deg F at the moment. The park ranger went out with bolt cutters and eventually brought the bikes back. Wed 17 Aug arrived in Moab, really cute touristy bless morman town (Utah is Morman country), luckily the liquor laws have just been relaxed so that can serve beer without you having to buy a meal....there are 2 microbreweries here which we are going to try out. We camped next to the Colarado River and headed to Arches NP early morning for a 8 mile very demanding hike. The amount of people heading out at midday on this hike with hardly any water was madness, my face was bright red after....it was hard...but my leg is getting stronger.
We did get to camp in the Arches NP got in on a cancellation (school holidays, great time to be touring!). Staying in Moab at the moment, in private RV park so we can get Internet and watch a bit of Tv. It's our once a week treat.
