Leaving CO-Arches NP

We packed up and said goodbye to my Dad, Michelle and Madison and got back on the road before noon. The drive through Colorado was incredible. The mountains change colors, shape and feel several times. I couldn’t stop taking pictures and video to capture what I was seeing. Pictures never do the real thing justice though. And the other thing I can’t capture was oh man was it hot! When we started going south boy was it hot and dry. The temperature of course dropped at night so much that we were actually chilly in the car and had to cover up. We decided not to stop at Canyonland national park. From the pictures online and in the brochures it didn’t look like anything we weren’t already seeing or would see on a much larger scale. We have a lot of national parks to hit, so this one didn’t make the final cut. We instead went to it’s neighbor, Arches national park. This was great. Again, I have a weakness for red rocks and sand. We were there for the sunset which made the colors that much more outstanding.