THE SCENIC ROUTE

This morning after Kathe had programmed the GPS for our next destination, Jim said, "how about we take the scenic route.''  It was going to take about 16 minutes longer, but we agreed to change our route and take Highway 182 to Moab, Utah.

Well, the first part of Highway 182 was very bumpy and we had to slow down to under 40 MPH.  It wasn't scenic at all. It looked like a bunch of old abandoned shacks with desert weeds on both sides of the road.  We almost turned around and went back to the I-70. Then all of a sudden--WOW--were were in the secret scenic spot behind Arches National Park. It was unreal, as beautiful as the Colorado National Monument, except that now we were on the road looking up the canyon instead above on the rim looking down.

So massive, we were a tiny spec on the road of giant red rock formations.  Kathe explained to me how these beautiful red rocks are formed.  She watched two films, so she should know all about it.  It seems a few million, or was it billions years ago there was a volcano.  Then magma, sandstone, dinosaurs, oceans, more sandstone, glaciers, and blah, blah, blah.  Whatever! It sure is beautiful.