On Tuesday, Oct. 22nd we drove 50 miles North to Wilson's Arch, half-way between Moab and Monticello, Utah. It was a beautiful sunny day but cold, in the mid-'30s.
The arch is right along the side of Route 191 and an easy, but strenuous climb to the top. The arch is named after a prospector named Joe Wilson who lived there in the 1800s. The arch is 46 feet high and 91 feet wide.
Then we drove another 30 miles to another unique place called "Newspaper Rock", very near the southern entrance to Canyonlands National Park.
Then we drove another 30 miles to another unique place called "Newspaper Rock", very near the southern entrance to Canyonlands National Park.
This petroglyph panel is one of the best-preserved panels around because of a large overhang that protects it from most of the damaging sunlight and the other elements that erode such artifacts. There are literally hundreds of Petroglyphs on the panel. Some are estimated to 3000 years old, some are much newer.
We will be staying there for a whole month because there are numerous places to explore and many things to do there, including five big national parks within driving distance of Moab😀.
A bighorn sheep and some deer, maybe trophies from a successful hunt?
I'm not sure why there are feet with six toes? Maybe aliens visited them 3000 years ago?
This is obviously an elk with a rather large rack. Maybe a hunting trophy?
A bighorn sheep and maybe a wild bull?
We drove back to Blanding and repacked everything for our trip to Moab, Utah tomorrow.
We will be staying there for a whole month because there are numerous places to explore and many things to do there, including five big national parks within driving distance of Moab😀.
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