On the way to Moab, we saw an entrance to Canyonlands National Park. Since we didn't have this park on our initial list of parks to see, and since it was so close, we decided to add it. When we checked into the KOA at Moab we asked for an extra night beyond our reservation. They said we could stay, but would have to change sites. They also told us it would take about 2 1/2 hours to see Arches and 3 to 4 to see Canyonlands. We decided to get an early start to see Arches and then come back to change sites at 11:00 am, their checkout time. We got around quickly and left for Arches shortly after 7:30am.
The sky was blue and beautiful. Our first pictures of the balanced rock showed an incredible blue sky. The interesting thing about Arches is there are so few arches you can see from the road. But we took pictures of some wonderful rock formations like the Three Gossips and the Sheep rock. I have one picture of Skyline Arch and I had to walk a little to get it. We were told you can see a couple from the Windows Overlook, but we opted to bypass this to get the picture of Skyline Arch. By this time it was getting late and we needed to head back to the campground so we bypassed the Windows Overlook.
Balanced Rock
The Three Gossips
The Sheep Rock
Skyline Arch
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