Arches National Park

 We arrived in Moab on a Friday. We took a scenic drive into Moab.  It had a lot of canyons. No pictures because they are on Mom's camera and she is having issues.

We stayed at a campground called Canyonlands Resort and RV Campground. Their map shows they have an off-leash dog area. We assumed they meant a dog park.  It also shows the area in green which lead us to believe they have grass. They do not have a dog park and there is not any grass at all. 😡 We spent four nights there and never even found an area that was marked for dogs.  We met several other dog owners who felt that they misrepresented the dog area.  I hated it there because I do not like walking on gravel at all.  I look like an old man taking each step slowly.  The mornings that we headed to the National Parks, the folks drove me to McDonald's so that I could take care of business on grass.  I had to face the gravel in the evenings, but that was just to get out of the campground.  We would then walk on the sidewalk until we came to grass.  We found some lucious grass not far from the campground.

I never knew that when you went to a National Park, you had to get up early.  We were up at 5 a.m. just to beat the heat and the crowds. We weren't the only ones.  There are a lot of people that got up early to see the sunrise.  We went to Arches National Park twice. We went on a Saturday and a Monday.  On Monday, the folks hiked for two miles to see the world's largest arch.  We were out of the park by 9:25 a.m. and we were shocked to see the line of people waiting to get inside. The sign said the park was closed and to come back in 3-5 hours due to the crowd size.

Here are a few photos from Arches:

This is the largest arch in the world. The rock behind makes it look small but the arch goes all the way across. 

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Hates Gravel

Two Week Vacation - Part 4

 We left Grandma's house around 8 a.m. on Friday morning.  It was a rainy morning.  We thought we were going to be able to avoid it, but the system kept moving down on us.  We were finally out of the rain when we reached Lebanon, MO.  We drove through the Ozark Mountains and through Arkanas again. The views are nice but the roads are very hilly and there are not any rest areas. It was a pretty uneventful day, but it was a long day.  We didn't reach our campground at Atlanta State Park in Atlanta, TX until 7 p.m.  Oh, one funny thing did happen.  We were just a few miles from our campground when Mom decided to follow Google's shortcut.  We ended up on some back roads that were almost too small for the van.  Mom thought it was funny.  Dad did not.  

The Atlanta State Park is nice with a big lake. The campground loop we stayed in was very small and the sites were not very spacious.  We were really only there to sleep and the folks took showers.  Mom said every time she went into the bath house, there were more bugs. It was hot outside, but the van was nice and cool.

Our site at Altanta State Park

We left the park around 9 a.m.  The drive home was uneventful.  We made a few stops for gas and one for lunch.  We finally arrived home around 3:30 p.m. due to traffic slowdowns.

It is nice to be home, but we are all a little bored now.  We have a bigger trip planned in the fall.  We are attending two greyhound events and visiting several national parks on that trip. 

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Misses Grandma's House