scenic moab

we left colorado on friday, july 8.  it takes ~3 hrs to get to moab.  the entire drive is beautiful.  the mountains of colorado have beautiful color with the different layers of rock.  and then you get into utah and the surrounding canyons of rock that follow the colorado river is endless.  the route we took went through Castle Valley.

castle valley drive:

tons of rock

fisher towers

castleton tower -- remember the tower on the furthest left ;)

amazing field of green .. in the desert

the valley follows the Colorado River

during our rest days, we've visited Arches National Park just a few miles away.

Balanced Rock

Double Arches

Delicate Arch

Sheep Rock - kathleen, you might like this!

Landscape Arch

Broken Arch

trekking the Arches..

we're staying with a friend of jason's, also named jason!  he's been an incredible host!  letting us sleep in an extra room, showing us around, making tons of wonderful food, taking awesome photos while we're climbing .. very, very gracious of him.  thank you jason (and daisy and sam - his loving dogs!) for all of your hospitality :)