Day 51 Arches National Park

Yesterday we left Moab and drove out to the Devils garden campground in Arches NP. After reading all the signs about mountain lions, we took about 3 hours of hiking the trails to the various arches close to the campground. It was a lot of walking up and down and thru heavy sand. Our campground is perhaps the most beautiful we have ever stayed in, but no electric hookups. We are on top of a hill with a great view. Last night I tried to send pictures, without any luck. We do have internet way out here but very weak. This morning it is working fine. We are staying at this campground at least thru tonight. More hikes today.

Day 50 Capitol Reef National Park

Yesterday we drove from Bryce Canyon NP to Capitol Reef National Park. We camped in Fruita campground. It is named fruita because it has many old orchards. It also has an old farmhouse and barn with horses. One of the pictures is of me leaning on the running board of the Ford in the front yard. We took several hikes, with one climbing about 300 ft overlooking the valley. Today we left for Arches NP. One of the pictures shows a cattle drive crossing the road. We are camped in Canyonlands campground in downtown Moab, UT. Tomorrow we are going to try to camp in Arches National Park for several days. There will probably be no internet for several days, as the campground is 20 or so miles out of town.

Day 49 Bryce Canyon National Park

Yesterday we left Zion NP and drove to Bryce canyon National Park. We took a lot of pictures (136) along the way. After we got to Bryce we got a campsite and then drove out the scenic drive making many stops to see the scenery. We ended the daylight at Sunset Point, taking many beautiful pictures. The altitude is as high as 9000 ft. in some places so the temperature is rather chilly. It was 35 degrees when we got up this morning. Most of the facilities here have closed for the winter. We have propane heat in the camper, but as I set here on the bed typing the moisture drips on me from the aluminum vent. Here are but a few of the many pictures we took yesterday.