Arches, Canyonlands and Canyon de Chelly National Parks

T & Glo entering Utah

We left Granby, Wednesday, September 10th and head west to Utah.













Just when I think I can't be wowed anymore...  Arches and Canyonlands National Parks knocked my socks off.  Rather than go on and on with words I'm just going to post a few pictures.

Arches National Park

A red rock wonderland

Visit Arches and discover a landscape of contrasting colors, landforms and textures unlike any other in the world. The park has over 2,000 natural stone arches, in addition to hundreds of soaring pinnacles, massive fins and giant balanced rocks. This red rock wonderland will amaze you with its formations, refresh you with its trails, and inspire you with its sunsets.

Arches Window

Glo @ Balanced Rock

Canyonlands National Park

A lifetime of exploration awaits you

Canyonlands invites you to explore a wilderness of countless canyons and fantastically formed buttes carved by the Colorado River and its tributaries. Rivers divide the park into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze, and the rivers themselves.

We were lucky enough to go there during the 50th birthday celebration and learn about the history of the park and have some birthday cake.

On Saturday, we headed south to Canyon de Chelly (Pronounced: can-yen duh shay).  Another area I’d often heard of but had never seen. 

Canyon de Chelly National Monument was established on April 1, 1931 as a unit of the National Park Service. It is located in northeastern Arizona within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation

Glo loving Arizona & Canyon de Chelly

Look closely, just to right of center.  See the cliff dwelling.

Sunset @ Canyon de Chelly, AZ