On the Road Again - Purple ZR-1 Road Trip to Utah

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Day 17: Still in Moab: We got a very early start for a guided Jeep trip down into the canyons at Canyonlands National Park. Once again we rode with Adrift Adventures of Moab:




We drove north of Moab on US-191 and turned south on CO-279 which follows the Colorado River. There is a large section of the cliff face with ancient petroglyphs:




We passed an industrial potash facility mining potassium chloride and turned west onto Potash Road. We entered the the canyons and the scenery is amazing.



On a plateau that is hundreds of feet below the level of the Canyonlands viewing areas we were still hundreds of feet above the Colorado River:



It is impossible to absorb all of the rock formations in all directions. See if you can see the alien "ET" in this view:






to be continued....