Today is a milestone...We have been on this journey for 1 whole month! We are in Hanksville, UT between Goblins State Park and Capitol Reef National Park. Needless to say, wireless service is very limited, so we are not able to upload a bunch of pictures! We went off road again to see Capitol Gorge...it was amazing and the colors are so vibrant! Tomorrow we will be in the national park hiking and exploring. Stay tuned....
I was inspired by my favorite tree “Aspens”. The colors were just starting to change while we were in Colorado....here is my rendition.
Saturday we left the Airstream in Green River UT and headed to Aspen CO for my retirement celebration. We arrived about lunchtime at the Hotel Jerome. We checked in and had a fabulous lunch at J Bar. We later walked around the town of Aspen and had dinner at Wild Fig. Sunday morning we rode the gondola to the top of Aspen Mountain. The views were incredible! We then drove up to Independence Pass. Just barely out of town, Carol spotted 5 Moose just off the road; 4 were lying down and one was standing. It was amazing to see!…
The beauty of the last few days is unimaginable. We have made a base at Green River State Park. Thursday we spent at Arches NP, Canyonlands NP and Dead Horse Point SP. Arches is amazing and photos just can’t capture the vast size and colors of the landscape! We had high hopes to hike to “Delicate Arch” but it was so crowded, COVID-19 precaution won and we passed. Many of the Arches are named by the park service or others, but we created some pretty unique names “old lady in chaise lounge”, “turtles kissing” and some that I better not…