We got up and ate breakfast. They didn’t have fresh waffles, just the frozen ones. After we finished packing we drove to Canyonlands National Park. We went to the needles visitor center to get our stamp and pick up a map of the park. We toured the park and took pictures of the unique rock formations.
We saw the wooden shoe arch, it’s an arch that when looked at, looks like a wooden shoe. What do you think?
After Canyonlands, we took a scenic route back over the mountains and by two lakes. This seemed to actually be a quicker route back to the town we started from. It was just over the mountains, rather than around them.
We stopped and ate lunch at A&W. I think the last time I ate there was in high school. I forgot how good their root beer floats are. Only thing is that they use soft serve ice cream now. It was just as good as I remember though.
After lunch we headed to Natural Bridges National Monument. This park has three of the most impressive natural bridges in the country. A natural bridge is a span of rock that was originally over a river/water. This is what separates it from an arch.
We drove to all three monuments. At the third one, we walked the .2 miles down the ravine so we could stand underneath the bridge. Fortunately, nothing fell from it while we were underneath it. That would have ruined a great trip 😀
Yes we did really go all the way down there!!
One the way back to the main road we ran into a sign that pointed out a unique rock formation. It is called the Bears Ears. Angie couldn’t make the connection, can you?
Back on the road we headed to our overnight destination. This took us over the mountains and over the northern edge of the Colorado River and Lake Powell. We stopped at the Hite overlook. This was an old mining town, during the uranium frenzy. After the mining died out the town sort of shutdown and is pretty much a ghost town.
We arrived at the hotel in Torrey, Utah. The hotel is just outside our next destination Capitol Reef National Park. Our room had a fantastic view of the mountains from our balcony.
We grabbed dinner and headed to bed.