One week was really not enough to do justice to Utah's Mighty 5 National Parks in southern Utah. But we saw lots of amazing things in our time there. I took lots of pictures but none of them cause you to feel the hugeness of the scenery about us. Majestic is a good word to describe it all.
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There were more sights to see at every curve of the road.
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There were completely different types of wonders to see at Bryce Canyon National Park. The canyon filled with huge hoodoos was like being on different planet.
We had a light snow that morning which only added to the beauty.
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We continued our drive through central southern Utah to the town of Moab on the east side of the state. This area contains Arches National Park and Canyonland National Park.
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Arches was probably our favorite of the parks we visited. It was so massive and contained the most unusual rock formations.
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Arches National Park contains over 2,000 natural sand stone arches. We didn't see them all but we did see a bunch!
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We discovered that the Colorado River travels through Moab. A quick trip along its banks led us to discover some rock climbers and even some pyroglyphics.
We did not make it to Canyonland National Park. It is a huge park and needed a whole day for just it.
We drove through Monument Valley on our way to Arizona. Monument Valley is not a national park. It is part of Navajo land. You will recognize the scene from the movie "Forest Gump".
Utah's Mighty 5 were pretty terrific!
They look pretty terrific. That is definitely the forest grump road!��
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I recognize that road.
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