Canyonlands Needles District hike

Slick rock hiking in the Needles

Mark spent quite a bit of time looking for a scenic, 5-6 mile hike that the kids could do in the Needles district. His first suggestion was for me to take the Ridgeline 3.5 miles into Salt Creek Canyon and then hike from there. However, the road was closed […]

Canyonlands Island in the Sky

Wow! Island in the Sky is an apt description.

Colorado River from Dead Horse Point

There are three distinct areas in Canyonlands NP. The one we chose to visit today was Island in the Sky, high up on the mesa rim overlooking the magnificent canyons of the Colorado and Green Rivers. We started at […]

Family hike in Arches National Park

Landscape Arch

For our first day in Moab my son-in-law suggested a hike in the Devil’s Garden area of Arches National Park that would take us by several arches. Landscape Arch, pictured above, was the largest. In fact, it is probably the longest natural occurring sandstone arch in the world. Kolob Arch in Zion is […]