Saturday, May 07, 2011
After staying at a rest stop again, we drove through Horsethief campground for possibilities for tonight. We really weren’t impressed, so decided to go on to Canyonlands National Park and see the sites. We stopped at a picnic table at the VC and had our breakfast, then went inside and stamped our books.
Originally had thought we could see most of Canyonlands and maybe some of Arches, but we barely got through the top section (Island In the Sky) of Canyonlands. It is awesome. Fred and Barney climbed about a jillion stairs to see Upheaval Dome.
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| Upheaval Dome |
Wilma’s highlight was seeing a few vehicles on the White Rim Trail, having read a few trip reports on the forum about it.
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| The White Rim Trail is down there! |
Fred said next time we come we can rent a jeep and do the trail ourselves. (not!) We stopped at numerous overlooks, and even though it isn’t very far to the next one, the view can be entirely different. By afternoon it was quite windy, and we probably have as much windburn as sunburn.
We went into Deadhorse State Park and had dinner at a nicely located picnic table with more than a gentle breeze. Got to share a little of our supper with a tiny greenish colored chipmunk.
Decided to find a camping spot before dark, so came out of town a ways to some BLM land. Found a good site and are settled in for the night. Here we are out in the sticks, and had a truck pull up and a couple came over to talk to us. They also own a Bigfoot camper, and were surprised to find two of us together. They didn’t have their camper with them and were heading for a motel, but checking out boondocking sites for the future.
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| Canyonlands Campsight |
Twas a very good day, we are all tired, so more tomorrow from the chisel and rock pad of Fred and Wilma, and Barney and Betty.
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