Moab-between Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park 2, 3, 4 May

We thought we had hit the big smoke when we arrived in Moab for three nights.  It is really a holiday town with lots of hotels, restaurants and places to rent bikes, all terrain vehicles, motor bikes, etc.  Debbie and Dan were back in their A frame and we stayed in a Hampton Inn.

The first excursion was to Canyonlands.  This was viewed by driving around the rim and stopping off  at various trails.  A lot of fit cyclists shared the roads too.

To get to the bottom you needed to be brave enough to go in an all terrain vehicle or, like these intrepid souls, cycle down.

Typically most of the trails in the parks are marked by these little cairns.

A window to the world.

Here's the view.

This hungry chipmunk shared our picnic lunch.

Joy on the edge.

A long horned mountain sheep on the skyline.

One theory about the origin of this huge crater in Canyonlands is that it was formed by  meteorite impact.

The Colorado River from Dead Horse Point.