Throughout our marriage, I have known that we are never going to live in Utah permanently. It's just not in the picture for us. However, while we were on this trip Brad asked me, "What would you think about living in Utah?" That's how much fun we had on this trip to Moab. We loved seeing both Arches and Canyonlands. Utah really does have so much natural beauty to offer in its National Parks.
We arrived in Arches a little later in the day than we had hoped. We did make it to Delicate Arch in the evening. There were so many cameras set up taking pictures at sunset (and quite impressive cameras at that.) This group of photographers was so big, that none of the tourists dared to go up to the arch. Some tried, but the group of photographers started booing until they moved away. We stayed late into the night for star pictures. Plus, you can't beat stargazing at the Milky Way.
We spent our second day in Canyonlands. It was amazing to see just how powerful erosion can be on a landscape over millions of years. From where we were the river was 2,000 ft below us!
Canyonlands was beautiful, but I think we would have enjoyed it so much more if it wasn't for the bugs. Mosquitos weren't the problem, though there were a few of the kind that really hurt when they bite you. Thousands of little gnats would swarm around your face, land all over you, and go into your nose when you breathed. They were horrible!
We left Canyonlands early because of the bugs and headed to Arches. Such a good decision. We were treated with the most beautiful sunset of our entire trip in front of the red rock.
We learned our lesson and stayed away from Canyonlands. Instead we spent our last day in Arches.
Anyone recognize this? This arch was filmed in the beginning of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It's called Double Arch.
Landscape Arch. The most spectacular arch of our whole trip. At one section it is only 6 ft wide and is 290 ft long!
We had a wonderful trip. Hopefully one day we can come visit Utah again and see all the National Parks it has to offer. We had such an enjoyable time hiking and taking too many photos!
We arrived in Arches a little later in the day than we had hoped. We did make it to Delicate Arch in the evening. There were so many cameras set up taking pictures at sunset (and quite impressive cameras at that.) This group of photographers was so big, that none of the tourists dared to go up to the arch. Some tried, but the group of photographers started booing until they moved away. We stayed late into the night for star pictures. Plus, you can't beat stargazing at the Milky Way.
We spent our second day in Canyonlands. It was amazing to see just how powerful erosion can be on a landscape over millions of years. From where we were the river was 2,000 ft below us!
Canyonlands was beautiful, but I think we would have enjoyed it so much more if it wasn't for the bugs. Mosquitos weren't the problem, though there were a few of the kind that really hurt when they bite you. Thousands of little gnats would swarm around your face, land all over you, and go into your nose when you breathed. They were horrible!
We left Canyonlands early because of the bugs and headed to Arches. Such a good decision. We were treated with the most beautiful sunset of our entire trip in front of the red rock.
We learned our lesson and stayed away from Canyonlands. Instead we spent our last day in Arches.
Anyone recognize this? This arch was filmed in the beginning of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It's called Double Arch.
Landscape Arch. The most spectacular arch of our whole trip. At one section it is only 6 ft wide and is 290 ft long!
We had a wonderful trip. Hopefully one day we can come visit Utah again and see all the National Parks it has to offer. We had such an enjoyable time hiking and taking too many photos!
2 comments:
Amazing, amazing , amazing!!!!!
Wow - Alisha - fantastic pictures! I didn't know that you blogged, or that you were such an accomplished photographer. Congratulations on Brad getting into such a great dental school! Crazy stuff, I tell ya.
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