Canyon Lands

Our next stop was Canyon Lands. The guy at the visitor's center said that it was the most people they've had in a long time. It was Memorial Weekend. We realized at this point that we wouldn't be able to find a campsite in the park, so we ended up finding a BLM site down the road more, which worked out perfect.

The campsite. Quent is grilling brats.

Arches National Park

Arches! Super neat place. Wish we would have spent more time and did more hiking, but it was HOT in the sun!


Oh yeah! I wish we saw more of this in Wrangell.

Hold it up, Quent!

This is as close as we got to Delicate Arch. Some of us (cough) weren't feeling up to hiking 3 miles to view an arch and then to turn back and walk another 3 miles. Maybe someday...

Leaving Moab

Moab is such a neat place! I wish we could have spent more time there. There's so much recreational stuff to do. I could spend a few days there, for sure!


A lizard we saw just before leaving Arches National Park.

A tourist attraction that didn't attract us.

I can't say enough about the abundance of awesome cloud formations we saw on this trip! This was a storm that looked like was headed toward our campsite, but it never actually came. I think it just missed us and we only ended up with a few sprinkles.

Writing in my dad's birthday card.

Nature Walk

After dinner we took a walk around the nature trail right next to our campground. There was an interpretive pamphlet, so we learned about some of the plants and trees along the trail. It's not something I'm normally into, but we enjoyed it. Then Quent would test me to see if I would remember what different plants were called. Let's just say we both had short-term memories that evening. Ha!

Evening Drive

I had this idea that we should drive down the road past the campground to see what was out there.


These are such cool clouds. I don't remember what they are called, but they are fun! We saw these the last time we were in Arizona when we were in the Grand Canyon.

And the end of the road was a really cool overlook of the Needles Canyon. It was SO beautiful up there. We had the place to ourselves. It was SO quiet! It was like a miniature version of the Grand Canyon.

Monument Valley Take 2

I'm glad the sun was shining, but the light wasn't the greatest for the valley since it was the middle of the day. One of these days I'm going back and I'm going to get a better picture...I am determined! Ha!

Mr. & Mrs. at the crater

Oops! This picture snuck by me. It should have been attached to the previous post.

Meteor Crater

We were finally able to see the crater! It costs an arm and leg to get into the facility, but you could probably lose an arm or leg if you tried to get past their security fence and such. Pretty serious stuff!


There's a museum alongside the rim of the crater. It's a small museum with a Subway (deli) inside. We watched a 15 minute video about the crater and then we walked around the museum. No one can actually go to the bottom of the crater (you have to be a rocket scientist to be 'eligible', I think), BUT you can take a picture of yourself in the 'model' of the bottom they set up. Um, no thanks. I want the real thing! We *could* have gone on the tour around the rim of the crater, but it took an hour to do that and we thought it would probably be the same view from any part of the rim. So we just walked outside and snapped photos instead. It was super windy!

Headed Home

This will be my last post for now. I'm just glad to get caught up to this point. *smile*

Quent and I went on a trip to Arizona/Utah in May. This is the end of our trip.


Finally, after all of these years of flying I got to sit in first-class, thanks to Quent's MVP benefits! I loved being spoiled! We got to sit in first class almost all the way back to Wrangell. It was great!

Mt. Rainier. I think this mountain is amazing!

Misc.

Quent power-washing the deck. I'm seriously surprised he didn't try to get me wet.

Good morning, birds!

Each year there's a bird walk for the bird festival. I don't remember what it's called anymore, but it's where you get up in the morning and walk with the birds. Ok, so maybe some people at the Forest Service would like to throw rotten tomatoes at me now. Ha! It was a beautiful walk! Quent did take some pictures of birds, but they weren't up close pictures, so I decided to leave them out of posting.

Petroglyph Beach

Petroglyph Details

Quent likes taking pictures of scenery, I like taking pictures of objects, details, and people. Sometimes we surprise one another and switch 'jobs'. Ha!