Still catching up on blogging about days gone by. After the day at Arches NP, I drove out to the Island in the Sky district of
Canyonlands National Park.
This is the view North from Horse Thief, which is just outside of the park boundary.
Here's a close up of the center butte in the image above.
Me at Shafer Canyon Overlook. The picture was taken by a nice couple visiting from Oregon. Mr. B would not have been pleased with the task. He was not thrilled even looking at the picture.
The rim walk at the Grand View Point Overlook had views unlike anything I've seen.
It overlooks the area where the Green river cut through the Colorado Plateau on its way to meet the Colorado. The exposed rocks in the canyons are as old as 300 million years. (Or < 9,000 years, if you're US Rep. Paul Broun. :-p )
This is a close up of the area in the middle of the image above. The
layer cake just gets better and better.
Like Arches NP, Canyonlands is a place where I could spend a lot of time. Much of the park is only accessible by all-terrain vehicles. Packing up a 4x4 Jeep to explore and camp in the canyons sounds like another trip for the future.
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