It has been a while since the Baumans have done much traveling, at least not vacation traveling! So on September 4, the Saturday before Labor Day, we set out on a trip west; this time to visit some of the National Parks in the south of Utah. On Tuesday we met up with a couple from Oregon that we have been with on several Wycliffe Associates projects overseas. They have an RV too so we planned to camp and travel together for a while.
Embedded in this blog are some pictures from Arches National Park (NP), Canyonlands NP, Capitol Reef NP, and Natural Bridges National Monument. The parks have been amazing, varied, and beautiful; lots of mountains, all kinds of rock, and strange shapes. The scenery is spectacular. We have done a lot of hiking to various bridges, arches, canyons, etc.
One morning the other fellow and I left for a trail at 7 am; before checking out of camp we wanted to see two of the natural bridges we hadn’t seen. The trail took us down into the canyon and along the riverbed for about 3 miles, then up 700 feet of slopes, steps and ladders. It was tiring but a lot of fun and we have scores of pictures to prove it!
Two days ago we came over to Mesa Verde NP in Colorado. The landscape is much different, but the cliff dwelling ruins are very interesting. Somewhere around 1200 AD Indians lived in these hard-to-get-to cliff dwellings and worked the ground on top of the mesas. We enjoyed a very educational day visiting a museum and two of the ancient ruins.
Our next stop will be back in Utah at Zion and Bryce Canyon NPs. Our friends will continue traveling and visiting relatives in Colorado while we head west, eventually to see Karen and Rosie’s sister and brother in southern California before heading east again.
Enjoy the pictures. You can make comments at the end of the blog or on Facebook. Our email address is still: abner_bauman@wowway.com We get our messages along the way wherever we can pick up WiFi connection. We would love to hear from you.
Abner and Rosie
7 comments:
Wow, what gorgeous pictures! Thanks for posting and giving me motivation to someday too make it to retirement and not be working...sure...rub it in Ab!
Hi Rosie and Ab!
Your pictures are beautiful. Ed and I went to those parks last fall with a friend. Being the IL flatlander that we are, I thought the hikes were hard because of the altitude but worth every step. Can't wait to see where you go next!
I haven't read your blog in awhile and miss it! It's amazing to see these rock formations; I found the indian developments fascinating. Kevin and I too hope to travel someday. We love to hike and see waterfalls, etc. Never thought of visiting Utah, but it may be on our list now! Enjoy!! Miss you guys. ~Erica
Your pictures remind us of looking at our back window in Elgin. Very nice and just another example of God's great design. Drive carefully with your travels. Great also to be with you on Sand Lake this summer.
Mike & Karen
You guys are doing what I have always wanted to do. In 9th grade (General Business Class)I did my project on visiting ALL the National Parks west of the Mississippi (calculating all the expenses [@ $.29 per gallon of gas] and mapping out the roadtrip).
Thanks for providing such excellent pictures -- I look forward to seeing them all, when you return (yes you can borrow my projector--if you teach me how to use it with my Apples [still in the boxes]).
BTW "Museum" is spelled with an "e" (in the U.S.)
~Sky & Ellie
OK, in Germany it was pics of buildings. Utah it's pics of amazing structures nobody can match.
Great shots and faces we miss!
Dave and Linda Marcy
We didn't realize that you had so many great stories on the blogger. It is beautiful to read and see all the beautiful pictures.
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