Trip to Arches & Canyonlands National Parks, Moab Utah from 8/23 to 8/26/2018

Tina and I went on a 4 day driving trip with our "Corvette Club of Arizona" friends.
The scenery and vistas were so beautiful and were everywhere we turned.
It is so nice that we do not run out of film any more,
                and we can just keep pressing that "Go" button on the phone / camera!
Our trip hosts were Bruce and Jan Mundy.  Normally these trips are called MMT which stands for "Magical Mystery Tour" because our hosts don't tell us where we are going. 
We have to guess / figure it out as we go through all the various stops between Phoenix and the final destination. 
But, for this MMT, Bruce and Jan decided to tell us the destination way ahead of time so we could research where we were going and be ready for some great photos and hiking.
So, this year's MMT was actually the "Magical Moab Tour"

Along with touring Arches and Canyonlands, Bruce and Jan also made us tour boat reservations for a dinner and night time boat tour on the Colorado River. 
It was the world renowned "Sound and Light Show" tour.
 https://utah.com/canyonlands-by-night-and-day

On the drive up to Arches, Bruce and Jan also drove us to the "Goosenecks" state park in
Utah along the San Juan river.  See photo near the bottom of this page.
 https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/goosenecks/

Also, see way below for photos of the Petroglyphs we saw on the way to Canyonlands N.P.
 Link to Moab Rock Art sites:

Here we are at the Double Arches parking lot in Arches N.P. on 8/24/2018.
Bruce and Jan's car is the Red and White C7 Grand Sport in front.

 

Here we are at Sand Dune Arch on 8/24/18 in Arches N.P.
https://utah.com/hiking/arches-national-park/sand-dune-broken-arch-trail

                         Red Cliffs Lodge information:   https://redcliffslodge.com/             


On the way to Arches, but still in AZ.....


Checking in at Red Cliffs Lodge

    Our room 104 and Roc & Diana in 105 at Red Cliffs Lodge

    Views from the patio of our room at Red Cliffs Lodge - Looking UP the Colorado River

 - Looking Down the Colorado River

Devil's Garden Trail in Arches N.P.
https://www.nps.gov/arch/planyourvisit/devils-garden.htm 


The Rock "Hoodoos" are having a meeting to vote on who gets thrown off the island next!

    Delicate Arch - the one that is Famous for being on the UTAH license plates!
    https://www.nps.gov/arch/planyourvisit/delicate-arch.htm

    Even the lizard said he/she loves Scissors doors on Vettes!

Roc and Diana prove they can fit through the smallest of gaps!





































   
   Landscape Arch
    https://www.nps.gov/arch/planyourvisit/devils-garden.htm

                    The Last Sunrise from our Patio at Red Cliffs Lodge

   We stopped at Goosenecks State park in Utah before we got to Moab.
   https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/goosenecks/

On the edge of a deep canyon above the sinuous river meander known as a gooseneck, this small park affords impressive views of one of the most striking examples of an entrenched river meander on the North American continent. The San Juan River twists and turns through the meander, flowing a distance of over six miles while advancing one and half miles west on its way to Lake Powell. Gaze at the results of 300 million years of geological activity, where the San Juan River winds and carves its way through the desert 1,000 feet below.

At Petroglyphs near Canyonlands.  Note we are an all inclusive club! Thanks Amber!

That is her 1994 Porsche 968!    Link to Moab Rock Art sites:

Views of Canyonlands N.P. about 50 miles from Arches N.P.

John & Tina at Mesa Arch   
https://www.visitutah.com/places-to-go/most-visited-parks/canyonlands/family-guide/mesa-arch/

     Canyonlands had very desolate, yet hauntingly beautiful scenery!!


Grand View Point Overlook
https://www.visitutah.com/places-to-go/most-visited-parks/canyonlands/family-guide/grand-view-point/

Zoomed out view from Grand View Point Overlook:

Heinz and Eva's C7 Scissors Doors were coveted by all who saw them!!