Canyonlands National Park

Canyonlands National Park is a U.S. National Park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab and preserves a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries. The park is divided into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze, and the rivers themselves. While these areas share a primitive desert atmosphere, each retains its own character. Two large river canyons are carved into the Colorado Plateau by the Colorado River and Green River.

Author Edward Abbey, a frequent visitor, described the Canyonlands as "the most weird, wonderful, magical place on earth—there is nothing else like it anywhere."

A Junior Ranger Program teaching the kids about the animals in the park.

Cool tree!

Cool Rock

Canyonlands NP was so much fun to explore. 

Check Out, Arches National Park!

Arches is one of my favorite National Parks!

The park is located just outside of Moab, Utah, and is 76,679 acres in area. Its highest elevation is 5,653 feet (at Elephant Butte, and its lowest elevation is 4,085 feet at the visitors center. Forty-three arches have collapsed due to erosion since 1970. The park receives 10 inches of rain a year on average.

Balanced Rock – a large balancing rock, the size of three school buses

Balanced Rock was amazing! 

                                Delicate Arch                                                          Courthouse Towers

 

The Three Gossips

My Favorite Parade of Elephants.

Skyline Arch

Kids Having Fun!

 Dark Angel

Double Arch

Hanging in Double Arch

Double O Arch

Arches is so beautiful. There are many trails and fun adventures to come across in the dessert. The national Park also has a wonderful program for kids. The Junior Ranger Program. It is a program to teach the children about Arches History and how it was formed.

Make sure you bring plenty water and and a black umbrella for shade. You will be glad you did when you get there.

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