Saturday, the 14th we did nothing. We
needed a day of rest. Well, we did some grocery shopping.
Got the car washed and vacuumed (støvsuget), so we could get rid of all the red
dust from Monument Valley. We also cleaned the camper, which was also full of dust. And then we went to the casino for a short while
Saturday evening (The campground is part of a casino, run by the Ute Indians.)
But other than that, we did nothing.
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| The view from our camp |
Sunday, the 15th, we went on a daytrip. More rock
formations!! We drove 130 miles/ ca. 200 km to Arches National Park, outside of
Moab, Utah.
We did this on the strong recommendation (anbefalinger) of Mary’s
aunt JoAnn and cousin Hal, who were there a few years ago. In spite of the long drive, we are happy we followed their tip.
NOTHING like we have ever seen before 😊 😊 (true, even though we have said that a
number of times before).
Arches National Park (buer) is known just for that, but that
name is somewhat misleading. Yes, there are twenty some very pretty arches, but
even if there were none, the park would still be spectacular But the arches do make it VERY spectacular.
It has nice, newly paved (asfalterede) roads and lots of viewpoints
(udkigspunkter) throughout the park.
The route in the park is twenty some miles with roads branching off. We
probably drove close to 50 miles /80 km in there. And there are so many
different formations, cliffs, valleys, colors, etc. etc.
that it is impossible not to be impressed. At this point I am ready to put it
on top of my list of “rock-places” we have seen so far (with Antelope Canyon as
a strong number 2). For Mary it is the other way around.
And once again we went crazy taking pictures.
First the views that did not include an arch:
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| These are petrified (forstenede) sand dunes (klitter) |
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| Balanced Rock |
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| Arches in the making |
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Some places, there was a florescent (selvlysende) green algae
growing on the rocks |
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| There were so many colors of rock and vegetation |
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| Fiery Furnace |
And then the arches:
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| Delicate Arch |
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| Double Arch |
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| North and South Window Arches |
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| Tunnel Arch |
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| Sand Dune Arch |
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| Broken Arch |
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| Landscape Arch |
While walking around in Arches and on the way back to the
campground we received these pictures of Sunday’s weather in Minnesota, from Mindy
(our sister in law (svigerinde)) and Michelle (Mary’s sister).
In the middle of April!! We feel sorry for them.
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| Birchwood, Minnesota |
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| Watertown, Minnesota |
Written by JJ
Sure, rub it in ....
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