Today we left Utah. It's a little sad, as we've had such a great time in all of its magnificent national parks. But not to fear, our next stop in Western Colorado is the Colorado National Monument National Park, and it is full of similar red rocks, sandstone, monoliths....it will make allow for a good transition as we ease our way into an Easterly direction.
The landscape got very sandy and desert-y as we traveled east, but then we spied red rocks again as we drove up and up and up (and through a few tunnels) to the top rim of a canyon....all of the "monuments" are nature made and took millions and millions of years to shape. Just a few minute's walk from our campsite, we took a look (at sunset).
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| Up right on top of the wall of rock is the visitor's center. The town of Grand Junction in the distant valley beyond, behind the Colorado River. |
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| Many of these monoliths have names, like the Kissing Couple, or Praying Hands or Organ Pipes. |
It's a beautiful, quiet spot with these spectacular monoliths in all shapes. They come in extra-large, grande and stupendo sizes. We're looking forward to our walk tomorrow where we'll do our favorite thing, namely, climbing down a series of impossible-seeming switchbacks to the bottom of the canyon, walking a mile or two, and then climbing back up (the climb back up is by far the best part!) (I'm not being sarcastic. It really IS the best part).
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