Canyonlands & Boondocking Moab, Utah

In Canyonlands, we drove to Grand View Point. This is the starting point of the two-mile hike to view Island in the Sky. It was a pleasurable hike, but not a good idea to get too close to the edge. Unfortunately, Mitch’s desire to video the depth of the canyon leads him to the edge too often. At the end of the hike, a huge mesa stood proudly among the surrounding terrain. We found ourselves sitting on a rock, enjoying and savoring the incredible view.

Our next stop was the Mesa Arch. Rock arches are my favorite formations. Most times, they frame a vast array of distant mountains. It is like peeking into a window to see to the other side. It is sad to think at some point in time, these arches will collapse, and an exquisite vista will be lost.

For those of you unfamiliar with the term boondocking, it is a place with no amenities – no water, no electricity. You need to fill the water tank before arriving, and if you don’t like roughing it – that’s me, then you need to have solar panels and a generator. These areas are usually government land and one can stay free for a maximum of 14 days.

We enjoyed our week here. It was so quiet that we heard the birds’ wings flapping through the air as they flew overhead. If you want to be disconnected from what’s going on in the world, this is where you want to be. While there, we went for a short hike and saw an area where dinosaur prints were fossilized. Honestly, if they didn’t have signage, I would have never guessed they were dinosaur prints.