As Luck Ud Have It: Canyonlands National Park, Oct. 16

Canyonlands consists of three areas, Island in the Sky, the Maze, and the Needles, separated by the Colorado and Green rivers. We spent our time in Island in the Sky which is a broad mesa wedged between the two rivers in the northern part of the park. Views from the overlooks were awesome as you would expect. We walked trails to Mesa Arch, Shafer Canyon and Green river overlooks. We took the Jeep down the unpaved, very steep and narrow Shafer Trail road which was an extremely unnerving ride down for us both. When we reached the bottom of the canyon I was serviously thinking about walking back up! Knowing it would be much too far I entrusted my life once again to our '97 Jeep. Actually the ride up was a much better experience that I thought it would be. We were even relaxed enough to notice the Bighorn sheep grazing on the mountain side. Whew!!