Yesterday we went on that train ride. In parts it was scary and other parts it was spell bounding. There you go another adjective!!! What I really liked about the ride was the mountain stream that the train followed. This one was the color of a Caribbean tide pool. The water was blue green and was calling me to jump in. Of course I couldn't ask the conductor to stop the train because I wanted to put my feet in the water. But it was pretty refreshing looking. The ride was 2 hours. When we returned we came back to the camp after driving, AGAIN on the Million Dollar Highway. I got another name for it though. "Never Ride That Route Again". N E V E R! Things happen you know!
Oh, and when we were driving back we saw a male MOOSE. We abruptly stopped the car, got out and took pictures. I have never seen a wild moose with a rack of horns? Antlers? whatever, they're called. He was beautiful. I have to admit it was awesome to see him just standing in the wet, murky marsh totally doing his own moosie thing not caring a rip about us. It was awesome!!! We were hoping to see something wild. We did see two mountain sheep as we creeped up the Never Ride That Route Again, but couldn't stop.
We were going to stay another night in Ridgway SP, but on the suggestion of our son Carson. We left there and drove 5 hours to Arches NP. The drive was interesting. We are staying at an RV park in Moab 7 miles from the park. We will get up real early and go. It gets pretty hot during the day.
I am constantly amazed that the topography of the USA is so diverse.
As we got closer to Moab there was a road that followed the Colorado River. It was a bit longer, but well worth the extra drive. At first it was just like the other road, but after awhile it drove this these kinds of sandstone mountains. It was fascinating.
Tomorrow we go to Arches and will be doing some hiking. And stay one more night here in Moab, Utah. Then on Saturday morning we drive home to Maryland. Gosh that sounds good! Tomorrow will be my last blog of the trip. Hope you all enjoyed following along.
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