Category Archives: Arches NP

Touring Arches

coloradoWe were both beat from the long drive the day before, so we weren’t out at the crack of dawn.  It didn’t really matter, because we wanted to get a better campsite, and no one leaves a campsite straight away in the morning.  There is always cleaning and organizing before you cast off.  We had run out water, so it was nothing fancy for breakfast.  Continue reading

Ely NV to Arches NP

Great_basinIt was a long day, but not longer than yesterday.  Eighty mile mistakes are no fun.  Today we employed both GPS’s and had written notes besides.  The View has a huge windshield with a significant shaded section at the top .  I’ve found myself asking Louise at critical junctures “Which way do we go?” when one GPS says drive through the economically depressed section of town, and the other thinks that we should continue on into the sunset with the butterflies. Continue reading