We spent today in Canyonlands National Park. After completing today's lessons, we headed to the park - a 1.5 hour drive, if that. After checking in at the VC to pick up the Jr. Ranger books (the girls are hooked), we traveled to the end of the scenic drive for the rim hike. Canyonlands looks much like the Grand Canyon in that the Colorado River has carved down through many different rock layers making it look like a layered cake. We hiked about 2 miles along the rim to get great views of the Green and Colorado Rivers. After refueling in the picnic area, we drove to Whale Rock and hiked a mile to the top. The trail was lovely, no one but us! It was amazing to see so few people in the park compared to the "zoo" in Arches. Afterwards, we drove to the Upheaval Dome trailhead and hike 2 miles to the dome. We wanted to just hike .3 of a mile, but missed the sign and ended up hiking to the second overlook which was a mile from the trailhead. This hike made our grand total for the day at 5 miles - not much, but in 80 degrees and lots of switchbacks, it felt like more. Tomorrow we head west to Capitol Reef National Park.
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