'Nother Day, 'Nother National Park

Today we visited the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

It was just like Arches National Park, except that it was a lot different.

It was alike in that the sights were absolutely breathtaking.

It was different in that it was 15 to 20 degrees cooler (Amen!), it was much less crowded, and the the sights were viewable from locations that were a lot closer to the parking places.  That gave us a much needed break, as we are still feeling the effects of a very rigorous day yesterday.

It was also different in that the rocks are much less red, instead showing a lot of black, gray and tan.

Although we enjoyed the visit very much, the visit was still very somber in one respect.

Why?  Well . . . . we have been to this park once before.

It was on September 11, 2001.

Miles today = 130

Miles on US-50 today = 63.  We are 30% of the way to Ocean City. That figure will increase substantially in the next three days.

TO = 1070.