Leaving Moab and Arches - Final Photos this Trip

Sunrise in Arches National Park

Once again the charm and beauty of the Moab region kept us hanging around. The previous day we ran out of battery on the camera so today we chose to rise early, like 5am, all charged up to get well into Arches NP and experience the sunrise. Got tons of stills and VDO. Nobody was there...

An Afternoon in Arches National Park

Canyonlands NP - Moab, Utah

Moab turned out to be a big suprise. We had heard that it was beautiful in a harsh way but truely it is stunning. We expected just to overnight there and we ended up staying for three days. These pictures are from a jetboat tour we took down the Colorado River. Very well guided with lots of cultural, historical and geographic information on the ecology of this region. We also did a "whitewater" raft trip down another part of the river. Not much whitewater but a lot of fun none the less. Most of the time I was in a kayac, with Deb joining me for the final section of the trip. We didn't bring a camera (water you know) however a company called Moab Action Shots takes pictures of all the groups going down the river and posts them on a website to sell to the tourists. A nice souvenier. Here is a small sample of our stills in Canyonlands National Park - we have some awesome VDO from the jetboat.

Colorado to Utah - A Variable Landscape

We left the ranch and had to have a big day to move us down the road back towards Canada. The Colorado landscape was mountainous with trees and lots of passes. The Continental divide was 11,312 feet and as we moved towards Utah it got drier and more desolate until we approached the canyonlands.

Monument Lake

We spent a few days fishing in Monument Lake, south and west of the Spanish Peaks. Elevation of the Peaks is 13,000ft +, this lake is at about 9000 ft. We camped up there for a few nights and our friends Scott and Cindy came up fish during the day. We had a great camping site right beside the lake with lots of wildlife. One evening a bear put his paws on the front of the rv and looked in; the cats went crazy. We caught our limits in this lake and had a big fish fry before starting the long drive back to Kelowna.

Ranch Life in Boncarbo

After a three day speed run to Southern Colorado we hung around and enjoyed life on the ranch, elevation 7500 feet. The view to the west was fantastic day and night; sunsets clashing with thunderstorms over the Spanish Peaks each evening. Dennis was a gracious host and after a group dinner entertained us in the evenings with his original songs. We got fishing licences. Scott and Cindy taught us how to fish on a small lake before we headed Monument Lake 9000 feet just to the southwest of the peaks.