Islands in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park

If Arches National Park is about giant sculpture-like rock formations, the northern part of Canyonlands is all about holes in the ground. Immense, gob smacking holes.

There are four sections to Canyonlands National Park. They each have their own entrance and are not connected to one another by any roads. It can take all day to drive around to each of them. So Bob and I chose to go to Islands in the Sky which features beautiful canyons.

In the early morning light, the canyons looked ghostly.

There are rock formations that rise up from the canyon floor.

The Green River flows through this park on its way to meet up with the mighty Colorado River. Remember John Wesley Powell? He was the first white man to see this area.

Words fail me when I try to describe this place, so I'll have to let my photos speak for themselves.

Tomorrow we are on our way to Arizona. We'll be spending two weeks outside of Phoenix.