So I came back to Texas this week. I was lucky enough to have my mom and Allen (her husband) drive me home. Even better was that we got to do some sight seeing along the way. First night we stopped and dropped off a suit to Daryl at the MTC (more about that in a latter post) and stayed the night in Provo. Then we went to Moab in Utah and toured Arches National park. It was very pretty. Definitely want to go back there, but to go camping and biking.
The nature there was just cool looking! Like this dead log.
The reason it's called Arches National park is because of all the arches in the sandstone. There are a lot but they are all so unique and beautiful.
I loved all the different colors in the landscape.
Can you see the heart?
How about this one?
I loved how the colors and light just played with this wall of rock. Amazing!
This was my favorite arch. There's tons of sand and if we had more time I would have taken off my shoes and socks and played in it with all the kids.
We were able to make it to Cortez, Colorado and stayed the night there and the next morning went to Mesa Verde. That was cool to see and learn more about. I had heard a little bit about it but not enough to really understand what it was.
This is one of the 3-5 towns or structures built into the cliff side.
They would dig pits and use them for spiritual rituals and they were also an everyday sort of room. That kind of confused me but it doesn't take too much to do that.
I thought this was really cool. They had stations for grinding grain.
They built these things right up to the roof of the cave. It was just amazing to see all that they did.
I enjoyed going there and seeing and learning alot, but the windy road up and down got to me so I'm not anxious to go back. Yeah I don't like getting car sick. That night we made it to Moriarty, New Mexico. The last day was just spent driving back to good old Abilene. I am glad to be home, but I really miss family. It was so great to be a part of their everyday lives again. Miss you guys!
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