The Wheels on the Bus go round and round, round and round, round and round. : September 2015

Lunar Eclipse

Canyonlands National Park

The Island In The Sky is a large plateau that sits high above the Green and Colorado Rivers. These two major rivers join together within the boundaries of Canyonlands and each river has carved a giant canyon through the sandstone. This is classic canyon country.

Merrimac & Monitor

These prominent land forms tower over 600 feet. They were named after Civil War ironclad ships.

Looking down onto Shafer Canyon - Can't wait to drive this one.

Mesa Arch

When we pulled into the parking lot at the Green River overlook we recognize a white Honda CRV. As we walked out to the overlook we spot Cliff & Betty. We had been camping neighbors in Leavenworth, Washington in July of 2013. As we say hi and start to reminisce a lady over hears our story and suggests that she take our picture together.

We exchanged contact information and laughed about where we might run into each other next time.

Arches National Park

The 40 mile scenic drive climbs high onto the plateau and crosses a vast landscape of panoramic views. Arches National Park is one of the top national parks in America. It’s a 73,234-acre wonderland of eroded sandstone fins, towers, ribs, gargoyles, hoodoos, balanced rocks and arches.

Arches National Park contains the world's largest concentration of natural sandstone arches.

Over 2,000 arches have been catalogued. Landscape Arch, measuring 306 fragile feet, is the second-longest span in the world.

Fiery Furance

Dead Horse Point State Park

Featuring a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River and Canyonlands National Park. The park covers 5,362 acres. Dead Horse Point State Park is one of Utah's most spectacular state parks

The park is so named because of its use as a natural corral by cowboys in the 19th century. The plateau is surrounded by sheer cliffs 2,000 feet high with only a narrow neck of land 30 yards wide connecting the mesa to the main plateau. Thus it was easy for cowboys to simply fence off this narrow neck, and keep rounded up wild horses from running away.

The legend of Dead Horse Point states that around the turn of the century the point was used as a corral for wild mustangs roaming the mesa top. Cowboys herded them across the narrow neck of land and onto the point. The neck was then fenced off with branches and brush. One time, for some unknown reason, horses were left corralled on the waterless point where they died of thirst within view of the Colorado River 2,000 feet below

Pucker Pass

Long Canyon

Dinosaur Tracks

190 million years ago, dinosaurs crossed the dune fields leaving their tracks in the damp sand. These tracks were fossilized.

On the cliff above, the tracks of at least 10 different meat eating dinosaurs are preserved.

Hurrah Pass & Chicken Corners

Petroglyphs on Birth Rock

Headed to Chicken Corners

What is that noise?

Luckily it was just the tip of the air hose hitting metal.

Kane Creek

Rusty Nail Trail

Gooney Bird Rock

Show off

His first response - Are you friggin kidding me?

There he goes

Golden Spike Trail

Poison Spider Trail

Steve working hard to make sure everyone gets back home without incident.

"Fins and Things"

Overlooking the Colorado River

Robyn and her mom, Kathy concurred Devils Gate.

Girls rock!

We all did the "Carwash"

but no one did the "Bathtub"

The "Escalator"

Rainy day

Headed to the "Top of the World"

Check out that crack

Wow, that's a long ways down there.

Dewey Bridge

Built in 1916 was the longest suspension bridge in Utah. The span of 500 feet was at the time of it's construction, the second longest span west of the Mississippi. Acting as the only Colorado River crossing on Route 128 until a new bridge was built in 1988.

The Bridge was refurbished in 2000. Then on April 6th, 2008 a 7 year old boy playing with matches at a nearby campground, started a brush fire, which spread for ten miles, engulfing the white planks of the newly refurbished bridge.

Dewey School site
Richard Westwood moved his family to Dewey permanently in 1904 to run the ferry. The Westwoods needed a school for their children. The first school (1904-1906) was in Wheeler's
log cabin. Mrs. Martha Westwood had to sign up for classes to make the necessary quota for a school. In 1906, Grand County built a school on this site. It was sixteen by twenty-four feet, made of native lumber, lined with unbleached muslin to keep the wind, dust and bugs out. Joe Scharf taught nine pupils for the three-month session. The ferry closed when the bridge was completed in 1916. Mr. Westwood lost his employment and moved his family to Moab. The school was closed, although the building stood for many years.