Homeward Bound

Tomorrow, with a heavy heart we will head eastward. Bryce has been amazing, albeit the altitude, but tis time. Hope y’all enjoyed the photos and videos, apologies for having to wait a few minutes to load the blog before you start scrolling but so much content.

We will head for Moab and the Arches National Park and then New Mexico. So looking forward to the Texas temps of 104 to 106……

Another spectacular drive along Rte 89 N and 70E to Moab area. We had to limit ourselves to the number of vista view stops otherwise we wouldn’t have found our overnight stop on BLM land in the Moab desert.

We had a 11:00 am timed entry for Arches National park. It is a new system they are piloting to manage the huge increase in traffic. After driving through the park we totally get their motivation – what an inspiring place to hike, camp, ogle from vista views or just drive through. We took so many pictures – here are a few of our favorites.

We drove to Devils Garden campground in the park at 4:00pm on the off chance there was a last minute cancellation. The ranger (Paul) sympathized with us and said he had an “admin” site that may be available but to check back at 5:00pm. We hiked the Devils Garden for an hour and the gods smiled on us – we snagged a site for the night. ZuZu had a great adventure that evening on his stroll – check out his rock climbing skills in the videos below.

Taking advantage of our stay in the park I went for an early morning hike to visit the Broken Arch. With not a soul in sight it has to be the most blissful hour I have experienced in some time, sadly cut short by my encounter with “Skeletor”.

The Devils Garden campground is at the end of the park so we experienced a wondrous drive out in the morning light, so different from midday/afternoon.

We drove from Moab to Bernalillo NM. Coronado Campground was a bit dingy but there was the Bosque Brewery/Restaurant next door for dinner and a Starbucks across the road for the morning recharge.

After nearly 5,000 miles, Ushingi and its three occupants arrived home safely. It was an epic trip – Yosemite, Bryce and Arches National Parks blew us away with their individuality and beauty, one to remember. (Thank goodness for the blog to help our ageing memories).

Cheers – Bruce, Lynne and ZuZu.