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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Day 15 - Mountains to Desert

We enjoyed our two days in the mountain town of Ouray - great walks, great scenery - very refreshing.

We set off North heading slowly down from our 9,000 feet starting point, leaving the snow behind us and soon getting back to dry, scrub on the route to Moab and Arches National Park.

On our route we stopped at the Hole N Wall Zoo. The zoo was about the size of our garden but still contained - sheep, wallabies, 2 Bison, a Camel, a Zebra, an Ostrich, 2 Emu, some goats, a pig and lots of birds. It was good to stretch the legs for a while and get some sun but the animals all seemed a little miserable in their cramped cages.

Our stop for the night was in Moab - the gateway to Arches National Park and Canyon Lands. Basically Moab is an adventure playground for grown ups. If you like extreme mountain biking, white water rafting, serious off road driving and hiking - Moab is the place to go to.

We ended Friday with a drive to a view point and lots of shopping for t-shirts and baseball caps in Moab - and a good Mexican dinner.




The blue lakes in the pictures are Pot Ash ponds - the Pot Ash (which we use in fertilizer) is obtained from evaporating the water in these ponds. The water is dyed so that the locals know if any water leaks in the local rivers (which are generally brown).

Tomorrow - Arches National Park.

Ken

1 comment:

  1. Thought you would be losing weight with all this hiking! Too much cheese??
    Dad

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