We headed out to Canyonlands NP to take in the sights in the early afternoon, before it got crazy hot. Headed out to Green River Overlook, Island in the Sky, and the Grand Viewpoint. We took the short rim trail at Grand Viewpoint. Canyonlands is amazingly vast and massive. Standing at the viewpoint, I had a desire to explore it one day, hopefully on my next trip, with a 4 wheel drive.
Above is the dizzying view from top of the Schafer Trail, which winds all the way down to the White rim, then heads out to the Potash Road and out to Moab proper.
There were a few hikes, but we didn't take too many, since we were wanting to drive around a bit and check out other areas of Moab. We also wanted to do an evening hike in Arches for some pictures as well.
We drove back into town, and I took Charmaine over to the Amasa Back/Cliffhanger trailhead, so I could show her where I rode when I was out in the area last year. Moab is a tough mountain biking location. It is very technical, has a lot of rocks and is more geared to the 4 wheeler/ ATV crowd, which would be a blast to drive around on. At the Amasa Back trailhead, we watched a couple Jeeps rock crawling.
After explaining to my gal how difficult this trail was, we opted to ride back into town and take an evening hike in Arches instead. I had to take a nap before we did this though...lol
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