Nice Canyons but Snow Anyone?

Apr 30th – Almost two weeks in the RV. Time really is flying by. Today we toured the Canyonlands National Park. The Arches was all about things that pointed up from the ground. Canyonlands is all about things that dug out, below the ground. What a bipolar view of Utah. The canyons were pretty but once again we encountered some weather. The breeze blew pretty good and the temp dropped and it started to precipitate. Let’s see, what form of precipitation do you get when it’s really cold? Snow. One of the photos shows Maggie and Val with snow beginning to fall. So, we didn’t spend too much time outdoors today. According to the weatherman it’s supposed to get down to 30 tonight; burr. The other picture is of one of the canyons.

After returning to the RV we had supper and Maggie and I were looking at the mountain across from the campground. We thought we saw a small trickle of water down a rock face so we set out to investigate. We climbed up some pretty steep rocks and almost made it to the top when we realized it wasn’t the most appropriate way to get there. What helped was we encountered bad weather again. The wind blew hard and we were hit with rain and snow. It got pretty cold so we ducked into a cave for shelter. Made sure there weren’t any mountain lions in it first. After the weather cleared a bit we had to come down some and take a different approach. We made it though. We found out it wasn’t a waterfall. It looked like it because there was algae streaking down the face of the rock below a low spot that looked like a spillway. I think water does run there from time to time. Probably when it rains. At any rate, Maggie and I had to find our way down now. It took a while but the entire walk took about 2 hours. It was fun. We had a walkie talkie with us and I had to call Val a couple of times and have her tell us if we were walking towards a cliff drop off or if we might be able to climb down. Val was in the RV and she was watching us with binoculars.

Tomorrow we leave headed for the southwest part of the state. More to come.