Arches Arches Arches

Greetings from Colorado - Grand Junction to be precise.  Colorado is the first state in which we will spend more than one night.

Today was devoted to seeing Arches National Park.  The park lies about 25 miles south of US-50, via an exit that is about 50 miles west of the Utah/Colorado State line.

The sights in the park are, quite simply, spectacular.

Most are not immediately visible from the road.  So, we parked and hiked.  The longest one was about 3/4 mile each way, and several others were roughly 1/2 mile each way.  We did about 4 such visits, and each was well worth it.  However, the weather was hot and dry, and we were thoroughly spent at the end of the day.

Today was also the first day that we did some peripheral driving, i.e., driving on pathways other than US-50.  Because of that, our 'miles today' figure is less than our 'miles along US-50 today'.  You'll see that often in the days to come.

Miles today = 197.

Miles on 50 today = 102.  We are 28% of the way to Ocean City, MD.

TO = 940.