Arch with a view

This afternoon we took a solo drive through Canyonlands National Park, to get the earthcaches and virtual caches there. We stopped at the visitor's center to get pins and hiking stick medallions, then drove out to the end of the road and worked our way back. It's warm today, thank goodness! Shorts and short sleeves felt good after all the cold and snow we've had so far.

From the last viewpoint you can clearly see the White Rim, the actual rim of the canyon (it's white because of the exposed layer of rock at the edge). From the viewpoint it's 2000 feet down to this level, and another 2000 feet down to the river. Awesome.

We really liked the walk out to this arch, and the views out over the canyons. The kids took turns walking across it, and I asked these three guys to pose for me. I think it made a great photo. And in case you were wondering... the arch was at the top of the cliff, but it was out over the sheer drop to the bottom of the canyon. If you fell, you'd fall a very long way.