I left Moab to cross the state of Utah to Cedar City to reach the parks on that side. The drive was impressive and there were lots of ups and downs and my poor car couldn't quite handle all the ups without slowing down. For a while I passed by the side of a storm and could see lightning hitting the flat plain area to my left. Then I went through some heavy rain on the storm's edge and that's when I decided that they really need to put cat's eyes onto the roads. A...

Day 3 The third day I headed out to the Island In The Sky section of Canyonlands, which is where I had been intending to get to the previous day. It was a lot closer to Moab than the Needles section. I had done my long hike the previous day so this time I wanted to do a few shorter ones, like I had done at Arches. I got some suggestions from the helpful girl at the visitor's centre, which was quite busy, and I continued into the park. The first trail was an eas...

Day 1 In my first full day in Moab I drove just a few miles north of town to Arches National Park. There they have a collection of natural rock arches that have formed over many years through erosion... blah blah blah. During my day in the park I drove around it, stopping at several points to get out and do a little hike. That is because the place is so large it can be several miles between one point of interest and another. The first two hikes were less than a ...

Looks like the god of travelling still isn't done pulling my strings. I arrived in Flagstaff, Arizona around 7:30am. If you remember from my last entry I was supposed to get a much earlier bus, which would have arrived at 10:30pm the previous night and give me a nice sleep in my booked hotel room. That didn't happen. So I'm there at 7:30am and, of course, my bag isn't on the bus. It's most likely on the other bus which will arrive later. I thought that rather tha...