We set the alarm pretty early today, because the area around here can become very hot during the day. We checked out of our little cabin, which was a really nice place to stay.
We took our cars and drove up to Arches National Park, which was only a 15 minute drive away from the place we stayed at. We entered the park for free, by using our annual national park pass, a pass I would recommend to anyone visiting the USA. We drove up to a few viewing points and did some small walks to a few of the most beautiful arches of the park. It’s really hard to imagine that nature forms itself like this somehow. It was again really wonderful to see (I know, my enthusiasm must be getting boring)!
After we drove through the park, we went to see another dinosaur track place. This was really weird, awesome and incredible at the same time. We drove up the place and had to make a right towards a wobbly dirt road. There was absolutely nobody there. But, all right, we went on and followed the road for a few miles. And still, nobody there... after a few miles there were some signs that led us to the dinosaur tracks. Once there, we saw a piece of ground where the tracks of 10 different dinosaur species were preserved! This is really unique, since you normally only see the tracks of one, maybe two, different species.
We looked around and looked at all the different tracks. We learned about all the different species throughout the information provided at the place.
After we wondered around for a while, we took our cars and headed towards our next stop; Torrey, next to Capital Reef national park and Grand Staircase Escalante national park.
As we drove through Capitol Reef, Ery and I wanted to go for another hike, since the place looked so magical, with all its different colours, shapes and textures. So we went for a small canyon hike here. It was a little bit of a nerve wrecking hike, since it was in the territory of the mountain lion. Just in case you encounter one; make yourself as big as you can, raise your arms, spread out your jacket, and speak in a clear, monotonous but loud voice. Once the animal attacks you, you must fight back by throwing rocks, kicking, etc. That is what we learned. However, luckily, we did not face a mountain lion there. We did see a lot of other animals, such as marmots and beautiful species of birds. The canyon was really beautiful too and the hike was pretty fun too. We were able to walk into some slot canyons as well (really small canyons, only a few inches wide).
After our hike we were really hot, so we took the car and used the AC to cool ourselves off. We drove up to Torrey, where we stayed at the Broken Spurr Inn & Steakhouse. This is probably the most fun place to stay. We stayed in remodelled wagons, you know, the ones they used behind horses. The whole place was kind of western themed. The wagons were really nicely decorated though. Staying like this is also called glamping, glamorous camping. We had a king bed, bunk beds, AC, a fridge, microwave and even USB plug ins to charge your phone! We had our own bathroom in a complex of bathrooms. It was really nice!
At night, we went for dinner at a steakhouse, where I ate some vegetarian quesadillas, which were really tasty.
Ery and I also went for a nightly animal spotting drive with our car into the Dixie National forest. We did saw a little desert fox, which looked really cute and beautiful. After the drive, we all went to bed and slept pretty tight, since it was a nice and cold place at night, which was really refreshing after the hot locations we had visited. Here, we did not even need the AC, but instead, we needed thick blankets to sleep under.
Till tomorrow! Cheers!
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