August 31st. - Friday morning; Kathy and I left ahead of schedule as we were on the road by 6:30 am. Our concern was Tropical Storm Isaac as we knew we would run into the storm around St. Louis, MO. We had a few bouts of heavy rain/wind, but it didn't slow us down. What did slow us down was an accident on I-70 West and we sat for an hour waiting for the wreckers to clean up the carnage. We saw another very bad accident in the Eastbound lane and those poor people were going to be there for over an hour. We didn't see the sun until we drove into Kansas and we were very happy to have Isaac out of our lives. We drove as far as Russell, KS for the night. Several observations; many cows and wind turbines. We also saw signs to stop in the OZ museum and I have to admit it took me a little time for me get it - yes - I had a "Duh" moment when I realized Oz-Kansas - oh I get it now.
September 1 - Saturday - being that we still felt like we were still in EST, we left ahead of schedule on a very beautiful sunny day. Had a smooth trip except for all the Labor Day traffic west of Denver, CO. About 35 miles from Moab, we left I-70 West and took the scenic highway to Moab. We took the route next to the Colorado river and this was my first sighting of canyons. It was one of the most beautiful rides of my life!
September 2 - Sunday - We hit three parks today; The Arches (National Park), Dead Horse Point State Park and The Canyonlands (National). We both agree that the investment we made in our hiking shoes was well worth it. I'm basing this on neither one of us launched ourselves into crevices or the canyons themselves. We saw all kinds of weather today - sun, clouds and a thunderstorm. Our day ended with a beautiful rainbow!
As soon as we have better internet connectivity, we will post pictures!
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