Colorado Day 3 / Utah Day 1

June 20, 2015 (Saturday)

Colorado National Monument

Another early morning…our first stop for the day was the Colorado National Monument ($10/car or free with NPS pass). We arrived via the East Entrance. We hiked the Devils Kitchen Trail (0.75 miles one- way), which was recommended by the ranger at the toll booth. We then drove thru the park and stopped along some view points along the way. The visitor center is near the West Entrance. We watched the video, which totally was not worth it – it was a photographic slide show.

Colorado National Monument

Continuing west, we made it to Canyonlands National Park. We visited the Island in the Sky portion of the park, which is the most easily accessible. We hiked the 0.5 mile loop to Mesa Arch. Sarah broke away from us to hike the Aztez Butte Trail while Pam and I drove to scenic viewpoints – Grand View Point being our favorite.

Canyonlands National Park

After our adventures at Canyonlands we headed to Comfort Suites in Moab. The hotel was great – the room was super clean and had very nice décor.

The dinner choice was Moab Brewery. It was better than the previous brewery food quality wise, but the girls were disappointed that beer flights were not served.