edpaffjr.comAfter spending so much time at Arches on Saturday Sunday, we were left with only a few hours to explore Canyonlands National Park. This is a large park that is divided into four different districts by the Colorado River and Green River. The district that we explored is called the Island in the Sky. Once inside we found multiple amazing overlooks of the surrounding canyons from up on the 1,000 foot sandstone mesa.
If we had more time I would have loved to explore the off road vehicle trails, but since we were limited on time we mostly drove to the various overlooks and took in the incredible scenery. We did take a two mile round trip hike at the southern tip of the region, from the Grand View Point Overlook. Although there was no real goal we were trying to reach at the end, the hike provided nonstop views of the canyons and surrounding landscape. Kim called it the coolest hike that we took of the day, and I would have to agree. It wasn’t as cool as seeing the arches earlier in the day, but this hike was better than the hikes to the arches.
I’ve added another photo gallery for pictures from Canyonlands that can be found here. We didn’t take quite as many pictures as we did in Arches, but I still think there are some really good ones.
