Sunday, July 3, 2016

Day 16, 17 & 18 -Monday - Wednesday

Stay tuned, be back soon....backcountry in Grand Teton, kayaking and camping



Day 15 - Travel Day

We left Arches and Moab, heading to Jackson Hole Wyoming.  Long, pretty ride.  Did I say long...9 hours...


 Bear Lake, Idaho & Wyoming

Two new states



 Snake River
 Jackson Hole



 She's family reunion




Day 14 - Arches National Park

Today we did some hiking in Arches National Park; Devil's Garden to be exact.  After off-roading on Hell's Revenge yesterday, we are starting to wonder about Moab.

We climbed some aggressive and steep rocks to get up close and personal with the arches.  It was amazing.




 This is from the bottom, we hiked to this arch, it was amazing.

Apache Arch


Partition Arch


Sara being Sara

 You can see the trail to the right
 This was the aggressive hike up & down

This is the arch we saw below


Day 13 - Moab Offroading

Today we spent the morning off-roading in Moab Utah.  We drove up some serious inclines, so much so that all you could see was the sky.  We did one decline called Dragon's Tail.  If we didn't have brakes and sticky tires, we would have done a forward flip.






We took one video, the was the tame part where Dee didn't have to hold on

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It poured most of the day but we had a blast. The trails were called Fins and Things (easy) & Hells Revenge (difficult) - Google it.

Check out our really cool shirts, you can thank Sara for that one!!

Day 12 - Canyonland & Moab

Happy Birthday Dee

We left Mesa Verde and headed for Canyonland and Moab, Utah.






Dorkywe know.  Most photos are on our bicameras, so we wife add some more later

Friday, July 1, 2016

Day 11 - But wait there is more

Sara spotted some "wild" horses on the side of the road

Here are some other shoots of the trip, we finally got WiFi service to download from our cameras - see if you can guess where








Day 11 - Mesa Verde

Mesa Verde is in the southwest corner of Colorado.  It is where Indian tribes live over a thousand years ago.  Initially, they lived on top of the Mesa, but eventually they moved over the edges on the cliffs.

Our first tour was to Balcony House.  The National Park Service warns visitors that this is the most aggressive hike in the park; not because of the length or rigor, but because of the heights.  If you have fear of heights, you probably shouldn't go.  Sara and Dee both are not comfortable, but go anyway.

Climbing a 32 foot ladder to get into the ruins was scary (but fun).








And look another ladder



I think Sara wasn't appreciating us at this moment.

We went to other ruins throughout the day 

Sun Temple

Cliff Palace from across the way

The last tour was of Cliff Palace, the largest of the dwellings.  This hike waas a piece of cake in comparison