Day 37: One final morning for Arches

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Sunday May 7, 2017

I started running out of gas and did not make it to the final Arches sunrise.  My day usually consists of getting up before first light to take morning pictures, doing some hiking or shopping with Vicki, taking a nap, and then taking sunset pictures.  Eventually, the lack of sleep catches up with you.  So I slept longer today and then went to Arches.




My attempt to do a Tom Tiles photo of The Organ.






After the early morning pictures in Arches, Vicki decides we are going to travel down from Canyonlands National Park to Moab on the Shafer Trail Road.  This road is not paved and requires a 4wd high clearance car.  It goes down a narrow ridge on the side of a cliff.  I am not usually scared by such things unless I think about too much, but I am here.  So not very many pictures in the upper section.  There were a couple of bumps that sent us flying up in the air. Max wasn't a fan of this road.

The road on Shafer Trail

It is hard to see in the picture, but there is a road there.

Vicki wanted a picture of this rock - balancing act.




Musselman Arch - hard to see.

Not Horseshoe Bend

Pano, could of had more above


There is a road there below the rim.


The road becomes Potash road, which leads to Moab.  Along the way we see a potash plant where they extract potash salt.  What is interesting is the basins are blue.  I did not get a picture of it.  Another interesting spot, which we completely missed, is Thelma and Louise point.

Late afternoon I decide I need to do a workout.  I take the Corona and Bowtie Arch Trail, which is a 3 mile round-trip.  It is kind of difficult.  I get a late start so I arrive just as the sun is setting.  I notice the moon has risen.  As I am setting up a couple comes forward asking me to take their picture.  I say I am trying to get a picture of the moon in the arch.  As I am setting up the clouds are coming.

Can you find the moon?

Moon is gone.



When I look back I see it is looking like a storm.  So I start heading back.  I see three families with young kids.  I warned them about the storm but they continue.  Personally, I would have never brought young kids on this trail.  There were a couple of spots where if you slip you were a goner.  I tell a few more hikers; none of them seem to care.  I make it back with no problem.

Next: More Canyonlands

Parks visited:
  • Big Bend National Park
  • Grand Canyon National Park
  • Upper Antelope Canyon
  • Horseshoe Bend
  • Arches National Park
  • Canyonlands National Park


Paul and Vicki Kristoff
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