another long, filled day... SO much. today we went to Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park in moab. afterward, we left moab and headed out of Utah and out to Colorado... again, another beautiful place i had never seen until now. In colorado, we were headed for Black Canyon of the Gunnison. this place is AMAZING.
at gunnison, i had the opportunity to get away for a little bit and take a short hike to a lookout point. this canyon is so immense. i've realized that at all these national parks, everything has been just so huge... so surrounding and so... not even a word for it... it just makes you feel so small, but in a strange way that's not intimidating. especially the canyons... they are just so deep, and especially black canyon, so steep, it's kind of dizzying. at the little lookout i made it to, it was really quiet, no other hikers or anything. the wind was blowing a bit, so you could hear the trees, and the river way down at the bottom made it's way through the canyon, echoing the sounds it made up the canyon. it's just crazy, i couldn't believe i was sitting in such a place. looking out into the open air that was over the canyon, you could see birds flying about in the large open space... the open air was so inviting, i wanted to just jump in it... not in dangerous life threatening way... in a way that i wanted to feel the open space and the weightlessness... life gets heavy sometimes, and especially with all this open road, i've had much time to think, and much time to sort. i got to do some more of that while at black canyon... it was a good time.
you may have noticed, but we have been hitting up national parks left and right... 5 national parks in two days!!! it hasn't left too much time for exploring, but what i love is that it has given me a taste... a little sample, like those samples you get in the little white cups at golden spoon. and i have left each place knowing that there is SOOO much more to see and WAY SO much more to DO. if you think about it, not many places are like that... you go to an amusement parks, you ride the ride... you've done it.... you kind of get it? i know for a fact that i WILL come back to these places, and see much more of it... and i know that i can keep coming back and see new things, do more stuff, and so on...
colorado is pretty stinkin amazing... a lot more green here. i love utah too, but not a whole lot of green. it was nice to see some trees, see the rockies with a little snow on them in the distance.
but before colorado, back in UT...
arches was pretty cool, except since i was low on gas, we didn't make it all the way out to where the arches were... but that's okay, another reason for me to come back. from there me and jenny went to canyonlands... another huge place. personally, i think it puts the grand canyon to shame... much cooler. we didn't get to hike or anything there, but it seems like there were some pretty sweet hikes available.
well, tomorrow we shall drive to the other side of colorado and visit rocky mountain national park... the last of our national parks, and, well, i don't know what comes after that... for sure some corn... but we'll see :)
the driving has been a blast... surprisingly, i haven't had to have someone take over driving for me...i am loving all this driving, and i am not getting tired at all... i am just so excited to see what's around the next corner.
a 260 mile leg seems short to me... not bad at all. so much fun.
hooroo
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