Here we are again, up early and hitting the trails. We are at the Island in the Sky section of the park. This park is like GC in that different sections can only be accessed one way. The Green and Colorado Rivers both run through the park and converge between The Maze and The Needles sections. Our campground, at Dead Horse Point State park, is separated from Island in the Sky by Shafer canyon.
This is Upheaval Dome, a crater believed to have been created by a meteor 200 million years ago.
We love these! Trail markers out west, especially in canyons and rocky areas, are called cairns. They are small piles of rocks that direct you to the next trailhead when the paths are not obvious. This one is an arch- probably redone by tourists. Usually they are just stacks about 20" high. We like to fix them when we come across one toppled over:))
Don't get any closer Bridget! It is like this all over the Colorado Plateau. Sheer cliffs with no rails or barriers of any kind. You are responsible for your own safety!!
This was a hike on the Grand View Point Trail. Another roadrunner rock! Sometimes you feel like you could just nudge a boulder or a fin and it would just topple over. But I guess that only happens to Wile E Coyote :)) We are constantly feeling like we are in a roadrunner cartoon out here!
Bridget at Mesa Arch. The arches and windows the eroding rocks create are amazing. They look so vulnerable. This one looks like it doesn't have much life left but will probably last another 100 years. The picture above Bridget is the same arch viewed from the side. It appears as though it wants to just slide down the canyon wall! Bridget was sitting behind the big rock on the front left side of the photo and I took her picture through the opening.
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