Upheaval Dome Canyonlands National Park

Today we got up a bit later since we didn't need to rush off anywhere. Donna had her interview in the morning and we decided to wait around in town for her to return before going to Canyonlands National Park.

Lindsay and I sat around and watched tv and checked our emails for a bit. I went to the Poison Spider Bike Shop to get Eric a hat …

Canyonlands National Park, le Grand Teton de Moab, souvent delaisse pour son populaire voisin Arches National Park, mais selon moi, plus spectaculaire et surtout plus solitaire…c'est encore plus agreable de faire de la randonnee et de ne pas avoir ...

... . Donna had her interview in the morning and we decided to wait around in town for her to return before going to Canyonlands National Park. Lindsay and I sat around and watched tv and checked our emails for a bit. I went to the Poison Spider Bike Shop to ...

Dead Horse Point State Park and Canyonlands National Park Dead Horse Point State Park is just outside of Canyonlands National Park and about 30 miles or so from Arches National Park and Moab, Utah. The park is named for the horses that were left to die ...

After our visit to Arches National Park, we drove to our fifth and final national park in Utah - Canyonlands National Park. The park has several different parts to it, but we visited the Island in the Sky section. The area is a mesa that rests on top ...

Today, we go to the other National Park in the Moab area – Canyonlands. Yes, it seems everything out here has a name with canyon in it – Grand Canyon, Zion Canyon, Bryce Canyon & now Canyonlands. There are three districts to this place ...

... back north into Utah, the sun was causing haze across the whole valley. Magic! We headed north for hours before we reach Arches National Park. Being back here was special. We did the Devil's Garden Trail and this time we hiked up to Delicate Arch. I ...

... end of Canyonlands. Went to the Grand View Point Overlook, Mesa Arch, Green River Overlook, and did the short but fun Upheaval Dome Trail. It's extremely remote and for good reason this is the area Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch gang would hide from ...

... at all do the overlooks and none compared to the one we hiked.  Later in the afternoon we decided to visit Upheaval Dome - an unusual geological feature that scientists to this day do not understand how it was created. It was either the result of a ...

... nbsp; Well, I guess we DID pay- it's about $80 for an annual pass- but then it's good for a year for unlimited visits to any national park or monument.  I'm trying to count... I think so far since we got it in March we've used it 9 times to get into ...

... a short nap in the car at one of them, and having a late lunch at another).  We also took a short hike to Upheaval Dome, a strange geological formation of a "crater" with a pointy "dome" poking out the middle.  There are competing theories on ...