After Natural Bridges National Monument, we, along with Gemma and Ross (A Gem of a Girl), made our way to Canyonlands National Park. It is a wild, rugged place. The park is split into four districts, and we visited the Needles area and primarily the Island in the Sky area. Most visitors to Canyonlands go hiking and backpacking, mountain biking, or four-wheeled driving. My PRT and I took the older, flatlander tourist tour. In other words, we drove the scenic drives and stopped at viewpoints. We did do the shorter, easier hikes. Gemma and Ross are posing at the Needles Overlook. I wish you could have seen me. The wind was blowing SO HARD. I'm leaning against the guard fence, being whipped by sand, facing a 1600 foot sheer drop, holding my cap on with one hand. The other hand has a death grip on poor Gemma and Ross.
After leaving Arches and Utah, we made our way into Colorado. We spent a day at Colorado National Monument. More rocks, more canyons, but very pretty. We did the rim rock drive and stopped at the viewpoints. We did get to watch (with binoculars) rock climbers on Independence Monument, which is 450 feet tall. Gemma and Ross posed at what I believe is Cold Shivers Point. I didn't write it down and can't remember for sure.
Tell me again what PRT stands for?
ReplyDeleteBetty von Susie
Poor Retired Teacher? And, when you're peeved with him, you can call him a Poor Retired American Teacher. tee hee hee.
ReplyDeleteI hope you're never peeved with him -- hard to be whilst surrounded by all that natural splendor. Thanks again for the photos; I hope I get to Arches, at least, someday.
The wind was blowing so hard...sand...Betty Neels - yet it is not a Neels heroine walking in a gale at the North Sea! It's A Death Grip on Poor Gemma and Ross I love how the colors of the book and the landscape match.
ReplyDeleteThe picture with the arch is very impressive.
The last picture, could that be Gemma and Ross posing in front of Coke Ovens?
Betty Anonymous
Agree about the matching colors. At first, I thought there was a hole in the sign and we're seeing the sky.
DeleteYes, Poor Retired Teacher, vs RDD. Sometimes a PRAT, but not this trip. ha!
ReplyDeleteAfter looking at some of the trip photos, I'm thinking that was Artist Point. I should take notes. ha Definitely not the coke ovens.
When we were at Landscape Arch, three French tourists were beside us. I heard "livre" so I know they were talking about me! My high school French (many, many years ago) didn't hear much else.
Betty AnoninTX
Oh, yes, I see. I thought the coke ovens were what you see in the background of the pictures I had seen, but they are lumpy things in the middle.
DeleteJust for a while there, you and your livre were more interesting than what they traveled almost half way around the world to see. Ha!
Betty Anonymous