After driving across Western Colorado on I-70, we arrived in Utah listening to what else but String Cheese Incident's Rollover. We drove about twenty miles down Utah 128, through the spectacular canyon of the Colorado River, and arrived at our solitary campsite, Hittle Bottom, to see an amazing sunset against the glowing red rocks of Fisher Tower (below).
The Colorado River at camp, an excellent spot for a cool down swim.
Looking south at sunset.
We awoke early on Thursday with the sun and the heat, quickly packed up camp, and headed to Moab for breakfast and iced coffee. The tent is visible in the shade of the trees at the left.
The bluff above our camp.
Driving through the canyon of the Colorado River near Moab.
Air cooled on a 110+ degree day.
After breakfast we headed up the road to Arches National Park, an otherworldly display of rock and petrified sand with very little shade....
Near the Windows area of the park.
Even though it doesn't look as if much is alive, the soil is made of cryptobiotic material, a combination of lichen, moss, and other microrganisms that retain water for the sage and other desert plants.
The famous Delicate Arch.
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